| Olivier Girault | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
February 22, 1973 Pointe-à-Pitre , Guadeloupe, French West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1,83m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Paris Handball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997-2008 | France | 231 | (527) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Olivier Girault (born February 22, 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.
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.