Xavier Barachet

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Xavier Barachet
Xavier Barachet bei einem Spiel.jpg
Personal information
Full name Xavier Barachet
Born (1988-11-19) 19 November 1988 (age 36)
Nice, France
Nationality French
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club Saint-Raphaël Var Handball
Number 14
Youth career
YearsTeam
1997–2006
 Cavigal Nice Sports HB
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2006–2012
 Chambéry Savoie Handball
2012–2013
 Atlético Madrid
2013–2014
 Saint-Raphaël Var Handball
2014–2017
 Paris Saint-Germain
2017–2022
 Saint-Raphaël Var Handball
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2015
 France 84 (162 [1] )
Medal record
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Men's handball
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 London Team
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Croatia Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Sweden Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Qatar Team
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Austria Team

Xavier Barachet (born 19 November 1988) is a French retired handball player, two-time World champion and European champion with the French national team.

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On 1 January 2013, Barachet was made a Knight (Chevalier) of the Légion d'honneur. [2]

Career

Barachet started at Cavigal Nice Sports HB and joined Chambéry Savoie Handball in the Ligue Nationale de Handball in 2006. In 2012 he joined Spanish side Atlético Madrid. [3] Here he played for a single season, in which he won the Copa del Rey de Balonmano.

Xavier Barachet (r.) with the Olympic Goldmedal 2012 Jerome Fernandez Xavier Barachet defile JO 2012.jpg
Xavier Barachet (r.) with the Olympic Goldmedal 2012

Due to financial troubles for the club, he returned to France a year later and signed for Paris Saint-Germain. For the 2013/14 he was loaned to league rivals Saint-Raphaël Var Handball. [4] [5]

Three years later he joined Saint-Raphaël Var Handball permanently. [6] He retired in 2022. [7]

Achievements

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References

  1. ↑ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Légion d'Honneur: Aschieri, Muffat et Agnel dans la promo du 1er janvier - nicematin.com
  3. ↑ "Xavier Barachet: "Alle Titel in Spanien und Europa gewinnen"" (in German). handball-world.com. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Nächster Atletico-Star mit neuem Verein: Barachet zurück nach Frankreich" (in German). handball-world.com. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "Xavier Barachet Profile". European Handball Federation . Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "St Raphael verpflichtet PSG-Linkshänder" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Xavier Barachet mettra un terme à sa carrière à la fin de la saison" (in French). www.lequipe.fr. Retrieved 31 May 2022.


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