Jackson Richardson

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Jackson Richardson
Jackson Richardson 2013 Hand Star Game t180104.jpg
Jackson in 2013
Personal information
Born (1969-06-14) 14 June 1969 (age 54)
Saint-Pierre, Réunion
Nationality French
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Centre Back
Club information
Current club Retired
Youth career
YearsTeam
1977–1989
 Saint-Pierre HBC
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
1989–1991
 Paris-Asnières
1991–1996
 OM Vitrolles
1996–2000
 TV Großwallstadt
2000–2005
 Portland San Antonio
2005–2008
 Chambéry Savoie Handball
2009
 Rhein-Neckar Löwen
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–2005
 France 417 (775)
Medal record
Men's Handball
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1992 Barcelona Team Competition
World Men's Handball Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Iceland Team Competition
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 France Team Competition
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1993 Sweden Team Competition
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Japan Team Competition
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Portugal Team Competition
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Tunisia Team Competition

Jackson Richardson (born 14 June 1969) is a retired French handball player. Regarded as one of the best and most influential handball players of his era, Richardson won fourteen titles at club level and the World Championship in 1995 and 2001 with the French national team. [1] [2] He was awarded IHF World Player of the Year in 1995, and voted the most valuable player at the World Championships in 1990 and 1995, and the 2000 European Championship. [3]

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With the national team, Richardson also received one silver medal and three bronze medals at the World Championships in 1993, 1997, 2003 and 2005, and won the bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. [4] He holds the record for most caps for the French national team with 417 appearances. [5] As the captain of the national team, Richardson was France's flag bearer during the 2004 Olympic Games opening ceremony in Athens. [5]

Club career

Richardson started playing handball when he was six years old and was a part of the youth team at Saint-Pierre HBC from 1977 to 1989. [6] In 1988, he was spotted during a match at Réunion Island by French national team head coach Daniel Costantini who was scouting for a Réunionese player for Bataillon de Joinville, a military unit of the French army for sport conscripts. [6] [7] After completing his military service, Richardson signed for Paris-Asnières in 1989. [6]

In 1991, Richardson transferred to OM Vitrolles, where he would win the French league in 1994 and 1996, the French cup in 1993 and 1995, and the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 1993. He joined German club TV Großwallstadt in 1996 and won the EHF Challenge Cup in 2000. That same year, Richardson moved to Spanish club Portland San Antonio, where he won the EHF Champions League in 2001 and the Spanish league in 2002 and 2005. He was also voted Best playmaker of the Spanish league for three consecutive seasons from 2003 to 2005.

Richardson playing for France in 1995 Jackson Richardson en 1995.jpg
Richardson playing for France in 1995

Richardson returned to France in 2005 to play for Chambéry Savoie Handball. In 2008, Richardson retired after a final match against US Ivry, but later came out of retirement to briefly play for Rhein-Neckar Löwen in 2009.

International career

Richardson made his debut for the French national team in 1990. He was voted the most valuable player at the 1990 World Championship where France placed ninth. Jackson was part of the French squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. [4] [5] Jackson and the national team placed second at the 1993 World Championship and won the 1995 World Championship, where he was again voted the most valuable player of the tournament.

France finished second at the 1997 World Championship and fourth at the 2000 European Championship, where Richardson received his third most valuable player award for a major international competition. He won the 2001 World Championship with the national team, and placed third at the World Championships in 2003 and 2005.

Richardson retired from the national team in 2005, having made 417 appearances and scored 775 goals. The French Handball Federation celebrated his farewell to the team with a ceremony after the Paris-Bercy tournament attended by sport figures and his mother, who had traveled from their native Réunion. [8] Richardson dedicated the tournament to his father who had recently passed away. [8]

Personal life

Richardson is married and has two children. His son, Melvyn, is a handball player for FC Barcelona and member of the French national team. [2]

Honours

Club

OM Vitrolles

TV Großwallstadt

Portland San Antonio

International

Individual

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References

  1. 1 2 "EHF Champions League Ultimate Selection announced". www.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 "European Handball Federation - Melvyn Richardson making a name for himself / Article". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  3. 1 2 "All the previous World Handball Players". International Handball Federation. Archived from the original on June 22, 2009. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  4. 1 2 "All the Medallists since 1896 - Olympic.org". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 Bouhier, Par Florian. "Jackson Richardson sur l'importance des JO de Barcelone 1992 pour le handball français : « Le bronze a facilité notre adaptation aux Jeux »". Olympics (in French).
  6. 1 2 3 "Le parcours de Jackson Richardson, de son île natale de la Réunion à son épopée fantastique aux Jeux olympiques de Barcelone 1992 [Archives d'Outre-mer]". Outre-mer la 1ère (in French). 2024-02-04. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  7. ↑ "Handball: Le roi Jackson Richardson tire sa révérence". Ouest-France.fr (in French). 2008-05-08. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  8. 1 2 "Richardson recordó emocionado a su padre en despedida selección". La Nación (in Spanish). 2005-03-27. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by IHF World Player of the Year – Men
1995		Succeeded by
Preceded by French Sportsperson of the Year
2001		Succeeded by
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for Flag of France.svg  France
Athens 2004 		Succeeded by
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