Guéric Kervadec

Guéric Kervadec (born 9 January 1972) is a former French team handball player who was part of the French team that won the 1995 World Championship; the first time France won a major international tournament.

Career Kervadec was born in the commune of La Garenne-Colombes in north-west Paris, In his last year at the club he won the French Cup for a third time. Here he won the German Championship in 2001 and the EHF Champions League in 2002. He also won the EHF Cup twice with the club.

In 2002 he moved back to France and rejoined US Créteil. In 2003 he won the French League Cup and reached the final of the French Cup with the club, He retired in December 2009 after a serious shoulder injury.

In 2003 he was included is SC Magdeburg's hall of fame.

National team He made his debut for the French national team in 1993 and competed in the 1993 Mediterranean Games. He then represented them at the 1994 European Championship where France finished 6th. In 1995 he won a gold medal at the 1995 World Men's Handball Championship. He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the French team placed 4th.

After the 2000 Olympics he retired from the national team, and did therefore not participate when France won their second world title in 2001. He came back to the national team in 2003, and afterwards participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where the French team placed 5th. His last tournament with France was the 2005 World Championship, where France won bronze medals.

Titles Vénissieux HB French Championship Winner: 1991 French Cup Winner: 1992 USAM Nimes French Cup Winner: 1994 US Creteil French Cup Winner: 1997 Finalist: 2003 French League Cup Winner: 2003 SC Magdeburg German Championship Winner: 2001 EHF Champions League Winner: 2002 EHF Cup Winner: 1999, 2001