Xavier Barachet (born 19 November 1988) is a French retired handball player, two-time World champion and European champion with the French national team.

On 1 January 2013, Barachet was made a Knight (Chevalier) of the Légion d'honneur.[2]

Career

Barachet started at Cavigal Nice Sports HB and joined Chambéry Savoie Handball in the Ligue Nationale de Handball in 2006. In 2012 he joined Spanish side Atlético Madrid.[3] Here he played for a single season, in which he won the Copa del Rey de Balonmano.

Xavier Barachet (r.) with the Olympic Goldmedal 2012

Due to financial troubles for the club, he returned to France a year later and signed for Paris Saint-Germain. For the 2013/14 he was loaned to league rivals Saint-Raphaël Var Handball.[4][5]

Three years later he joined Saint-Raphaël Var Handball permanently.[6] He retired in 2022.[7]

Achievements

References

  1. ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ^ Légion d'Honneur: Aschieri, Muffat et Agnel dans la promo du 1er janvier - nicematin.com
  3. ^ "Xavier Barachet: "Alle Titel in Spanien und Europa gewinnen"" (in German). handball-world.com. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Nächster Atletico-Star mit neuem Verein: Barachet zurück nach Frankreich" (in German). handball-world.com. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Xavier Barachet Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  6. ^ "St Raphael verpflichtet PSG-Linkshänder" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Xavier Barachet mettra un terme à sa carrière à la fin de la saison" (in French). www.lequipe.fr. Retrieved 31 May 2022.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Barachet
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