Stéphane Cordinier (born 17 April 1970) is a French

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player. He competed in the men's tournament at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

Career

Cordinier started playing handball at US Créteil HB, where he made his debut in 1989. He then joined PSG-Asnières. In 1998 he joined TV Niederwürzbach togethr with national team collegues François-Xavier Houlet, Stéphane Joulin and Philippe Schaaf. He volunteered to be released of his contract in 1999 due to the clubs financial trouble, and he subsequintly retired at the age of 29.

National team

Cordinier debuted for the French national team in 1993. The same year he won silver medals at the

1993 Mediterranean Games The XII Mediterranean Games, commonly known as the 1993 Mediterranean Games, were the 12th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Languedoc-Roussillon, France, from 16 June to 27 June 1993, where 2,598 athletes (1,994 men and 604 women) fr ...

. At the

1996 European Men's Handball Championship The 1996 European Men's Handball Championship was the second edition of the tournament and held in Spain from 24 May to 2 June 1996, in the cities of Ciudad Real and Seville. Russia won the tournament after defeating Spain in the final, while Y ...

he played three games, when France finished 7th. He then represented France at the

1996 Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, where they finished 4th. At the 1997 World Championship he won bronze medals.

Private

His son Isaïa Cordinier is a professional basketball player.

References

1970 births Living people French male handball players Olympic handball players for France Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Créteil 20th-century French sportsmen French expatriate handball players in Germany Paris Saint-Germain Handball players {{France-handball-bio-stub