Olivier Girault
Olivier Girault, on August 26, 2008 |
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| Player information | |
|---|---|
| birthday | February 22, 1973 |
| place of birth | Pointe-a-Pitre , French West Indies |
| citizenship |
 French
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| height | 1.83 m |
| Playing position | Left winger |
| Throwing hand | right |
| Clubs in the youth | |
| from ... to | society |
| 1986-1990 |
Vaires-sur-Marne
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| 1990-1994 |
Livry-Gargan HB
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| Clubs as active | |
| from ... to | society |
| 1994-1995 |
Livry-Gargan HB
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| 1995-1998 |
Massy
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| 1998-1999 |
 Bidasoa Irun
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| 1999-2010 |
Paris HB
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| National team | |
| Debut on | June 16, 1997 |
| against |
Spain
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| Games (goals) | |
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France
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235 (539) |
| Clubs as coaches | |
| from ... to | society |
| 2008-2011 |
Paris HB
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Status: national team May 16, 2008 |
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Olivier Girault (born February 22, 1973 in Pointe-a-Pitre / French Antilles ) is a French handball player and coach. He is a knight of the French Legion of Honor .
From 2008 to 2011 he coached the French first division club Paris HB .
Olivier Girault started playing handball at Vaires-sur-Marne on mainland France. At the age of 18 he moved to Livry-Gargan HB, where he made his debut in the French first division in 1994. In 1995 Girault signed a contract with Paris HB for the first time, but was loaned to the second division team Massy due to short periods of use. In the meantime he played for a year with Bidasoa Irún in Spain. After returning to Paris, he reached the French Cup final in 2001, was runner-up in 2005 and won the French Cup in 2007.
Olivier Girault made 235 appearances for the French national team. In the 2001 World Men's Handball Championship in his own country, he was world champion in the 2006 European Men's Handball Championship in Switzerland European champion . His 7 meter throws were particularly strong there. In the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship in Norway, he won bronze , as well as at the World Championships in 2005 in Tunisia and 2003 in Portugal. He finished fourth at the 2007 World Cup in Germany. At the European Championships he finished sixth in Slovenia in 2004 and Sweden in 2002 , fourth in Croatia in 2000 and seventh in Italy in 1998. He won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games .
After Grégory Anquetil's resignation , Girault became captain of the national team. In 2008 he resigned from the national team.
Web links
- Girault's career (French)
- Girault in the database of the European Cup
- Olivier Girault in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ ff-handball.org: French national team ( Memento from June 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ archiv.thw-handball.de: Daniel Narcisse also honored as a Knight of the Legion of Honor , accessed on May 6, 2019
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Girault, Olivier |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French handball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pointe-a-Pitre |