Jackson Richardson

Jackson Richardson
Jackson in 2013
Personal information
Born (1969-06-14) 14 June 1969 (age 55)
Saint-Pierre, Réunion
Nationality French
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Centre Back
Club information
Current club Retired
Youth career
Years Team
1977–1989
 Saint-Pierre HBC
Senior clubs
Years Team
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
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–2005
 France 417 (775)
Medal record
Men's Handball
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona Team Competition
World Men's Handball Championship
Gold medal – first place 1995 Iceland Team Competition
Gold medal – first place 2001 France Team Competition
Silver medal – second place 1993 Sweden Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Japan Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Portugal Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 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]

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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ "All the previous World Handball Players". International Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 22 June 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  4. ^ "All the Medallists since 1896 - Olympic.org". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  5. ^ a b 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).