Olivier Girault is a now retired French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 team handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 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 national handball team

France national handball team

France national handball team is the handball team, supervised by the French Handball Federation, that represents France in the international matches....

 (of which he was the captain) at the Beijing Olympics.

He won all three major championships with the national team: world championship in 2001

2001 World Men's Handball Championship

The 2001 World Men's Handball Championship took place in France from January 23 to February 4, 2001.-Qualified teams:24 teams were qualified for the first round and dispatched into 4 groups.Group A : , , , , , .Group B : , , , , ,...

, European championship in 2006

2006 European Men's Handball Championship

The 2006 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was held in Switzerland from 26 January–5 February, in the cities of Basel, Berne, Lucerne, St. Gallen and Zürich. France won the tournament, going through unbeaten after an early defeat to Spain...

 and olympic champion in 2008, as mentioned above.

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

France Télévisions

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Clubs

• Vaires-sur-Marne
• Livry-Gargan handball
• Massy Essonne HB
• CD Bidasoa
  CD Bidasoa
  Club Deportivo Bidasoa is a handball team based in Irun, Basque Country. CD Bidasoa plays in División de Plata.-Club names:*From 1990 to 2000: Elgorriaga Bidasoa*From 2000 to 2004: CD Bidasoa...
  
  
• Paris Handball

Honors

Club

• 2007 : Winner of French Cup
• 2008 : 2nd of the French Cup

National team

• World Cup : 2001
• European Men's Handball Championship : 2006

External links

• Olivier Girault on the French Handball Federation website