Michaël Guigou

Michaël Guigou
Personal information
Born	(1982-01-28) 28 January 1982 (age 42) Apt, France
Nationality	French
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Left wing
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1999–2019	Montpellier Handball
2019–2022	USAM Nîmes Gard
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2021	France	307	(1021)
Medal record Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team 2012 London Team 2020 Tokyo Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championship 2009 Croatia 2011 Sweden 2015 Qatar 2017 France 2005 Tunisia 2019 Germany/Denmark European Championship 2006 Switzerland 2010 Austria 2014 Denmark 2018 Croatia

Michaël Guigou (born 28 January 1982) is a French former handball player for USAM Nîmes Gard and the French national team.^[1][2][3]

Regular member of the France national team, he was on the team that won the gold medal at three Olympics (2008, 2012 and 2020), four World championships (2009, 2011, 2015 and 2017) and three European championships (2006, 2010, 2014). During the final at the 2009 world championship, he was the highest scorer in one match with 10 goals (including 7 penalties out of 7) and finished as highest scorer of the French team with 52 goals.

In 2019, after 20 years in Montpellier Handball, he joined USAM Nîmes Gard. He ended his career in 2022.

Achievements

Club

• EHF Champions League:
  • Winner in 2003, 2018
• EHF Cup:
  • Runners up in 2014
• French league (10): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
• French cup (11): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016
• French league cup (10): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016
• French supercup: 2010, 2011, 2018

International

• Olympics
  • Gold: 2008, 2012, 2020
  • Silver: 2016
• World championship
  • Gold: 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017
  • Bronze: 2005, 2019
• European championship
  • Gold: 2006, 2010, 2014
  • Bronze: 2018

Individual

• All-Star Left wing of the World Championship: 2009
• Best player of French league (11): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018

See also

• List of handballers with 1000 or more international goals

References

1. "Michaël Guigou". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
2. "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
3. EHF profile

External links

• Michaël Guigou at the European Handball Federation
• Michaël Guigou at the Ligue Nationale de Handball (in French)
• Michaël Guigou at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)
• Michaël Guigou at Team France (in French)
• Michaël Guigou at Olympedia