Michaël Guigou

Michaël Guigou
Michaël Guigou
Personal information
Born	28 January 1982 (age 40); Apt, France
Nationality	French
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Left wing
Club information
Current club	USAM Nîmes Gard
Number	14
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1999–2019	Montpellier Handball
2019–	USAM Nîmes Gard
National team
Years	Team
2002–2021	France
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Championship
European Championship

Michaël Guigou (born 28 January 1982) is a French 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 two Olympics (2008 and 2012), 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.

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

References[]

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

External links[]

Michaël Guigou at European Handball Federation
Michaël Guigou at Ligue Nationale de Handball (in French)
Michaël Guigou at the French Olympic Committee (in French)
Michaël Guigou at Olympedia

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[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

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