Olivier Girault

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Olivier Girault
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Personal information
Full name Olivier Damien Girault
Born 22 February 1973 (1973-02-22) (age 51)
Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe,
French West Indies
Nationality French
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Club information
Current club Paris Handball
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997-2008
France 231 (527)
Medal record
Men's handball
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Beijing Team competition
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 France Team competition
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Switzerland Team competition
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 Tunis Team competition

Olivier Damien Girault (born 22 February 1973) is a now retired French team handball player, who is currently the coach of the Paris Handball team. He retired as a field player in 2008 after the victory of the France men's national handball team (of which he was the captain) at the Beijing Olympics. [1]

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He won all three major championships with the national team: world championship in 2001, European championship in 2006 and olympic champion in 2008, as mentioned above.

He also regularly works as a commentator and consultant on sports events for France Télévisions.

He was the president of National Handball League from 2018 till 2020.

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olivier Girault". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.