Guillaume Gille

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Guillaume Gille
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Gille playing for HSV Hamburg in 2007
Personal information
Full name Guillaume Alain Gille
Born (1976-07-12) 12 July 1976 (age 48)
Valence, Drôme, France
Nationality French
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Centre back
Youth career
YearsTeam
1984-1996
 HBC Loriol
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
1996-2002
 Chambéry Savoie Handball
2002–2012
 HSV Hamburg
2012–2015
 Chambéry Savoie Handball
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996-2013
 France 308 (678)
Teams managed
2016-2020
 France assistant
2020-
 France
Medal record
Men's handball
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Beijing Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 London Team
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 France
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Croatia
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Japan
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Portugal
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Tunisia
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Switzerland
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Austria
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Norway
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 Tunis Team

Guillaume Alain Gille (born 12 July 1976) is a retired French handballer and current coach of the French national team. [1]

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He was the winner of the gold medal at the 2008 [2] and 2012 Summer Olympics [3] and is the older brother of Bertrand Gille.

Career

Gille's career as a handballer began early. Already in 1984, he was playing for HBC Loriol, followed by a sport étude. From 1996 to 2002, he played for Chambéry SH, before joining HSV Hamburg in the Bundesliga. At Hamburg he won the 2006 DHB-Pokal. In 2012 he returned to Chambéry. [4] He retired in 2015. [5] He has been playing with his brother, Bertrand Gille, since their childhood and they played together for their entire career. At Chámbery they also played with their third brother, Benjamin Gille. [4]

He has been a member of the French national team since 1996. Gille got his debut on 26 November 1996 against Serbia-Montenegro. He has played 276 matches and scored 658 goals in full. He was a play-maker on the team, that won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2009 World Championships and 2010 European Championships. He has been a part of the French team, that completed a hat-trick by winning in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Gille was named Hamburgs Sportler des Jahres (Hamburg athlete of the year) in 2010.

Coaching career

In September 2016 he became the assistant coach on the French national team under Didier Dinart. In this position he won the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship; his first tournament as part of the French coaching team. [6]

In 2020 he replaced Dinart has the head coach. [7] His first major international tournament was the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship in Egypt, where France finished 4th. [8]

At the 2020 Olympics (which were delayed to 2021) he won Gold medals. [9] This made him the third male handballer to win Olympic gold medals both as coach and as player, behind Vladimir Maksimov (1976 & 2000) and Branislav Pokrajac (1972 & 1984).

In the lead up to the 2024 Olympics the French Handball Federation announced that they planed to keep Gille as head coach long term until at least the 2029 World Championship. [10]

Personal life

He has two younger brothers; Bertrand Gille, born in 1978 and Benjamin Gille, born in 1982.

Medals and victories

Seasons for HSV Hamburg

SeasonClubLeagueGamesGoals7-MeterBesides 7-Meter
2002/03HSV HamburgBundesliga1034133
2003/04HSV HamburgBundesliga311110111
2004/05HSV HamburgBundesliga341300130
2005/06HSV HamburgBundesliga3384084
2006/07HSV HamburgBundesliga3490090
2007/08HSV HamburgBundesliga3066066
2008/09HSV HamburgBundesliga3159059
2002–2009TotalBundesliga2035741573

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References

  1. ↑ EHF profile
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Guillaume Gille". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Guillaume Gille". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Die Gilles bestätigen ihre Rückkehr nach Chambéry" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  5. ↑ ""Riese des Handballs" sagt Adieu: Bertrand Gille beendet nach 19 Jahren Profikarriere" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Didier Dinart und Guillaume Gille französische Nationaltrainer". handball-world.com. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Unruhe in Frankreich: L`Equipe vermeldet Trennung von Nationaltrainer Didier Dinart". handball-world. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "Reifer, schneller, wacher: Spanien verdient sich die Bronze-Medaille" (in German). Kicker. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "Cumulative Statistics: France" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation . Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "Deutliche Aussage zur Zukunft von Frankreichs Handball-Nationaltrainer Guillaume Gille" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
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