Xavier Barachet

Xavier Barachet
Personal information
Full name Xavier Barachet
Born (1988-11-19) 19 November 1988 (age 35)
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
Years Team
1997–2006
 Cavigal Nice Sports HB
Senior clubs
Years Team
2006–2012
 Chambéry Savoie Handball
2012–2013
 Atlético Madrid
2013–2014
 Saint-Raphaël Var Handball
2014–2017
 Paris Saint-Germain
2017–
 Saint-Raphaël Var Handball
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–
 France 66 (132[1])
Medal record
Representing  France
Men's handball
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2009 Croatia Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Sweden Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Qatar Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2010 Austria Team

Xavier Barachet (born 19 November 1988) is a French handball player, two-time World champion and European champion with the French national team. Since 2006 he plays for Saint-Raphaël Var Handball in the Ligue Nationale de Handball.[2]

On 1 January 2013, Barachet was made a Knight (Chevalier) of the Légion d'honneur.[3]

  1. ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Xavier Barachet Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  3. ^ Légion d'Honneur: Aschieri, Muffat et Agnel dans la promo du 1er janvier - nicematin.com