Grégory Anquetil

Grégory Anquetil
Grégory Anquetil, former pro handball player and consultant for the Canal Plus channel, on 10 April 2014, during the Psg Handball / HBC Nantes match.
Personal information
Born (1970-12-14) 14 December 1970
Harfleur, France
Nationality French
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Right wing
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior clubs
Years Team
–1989
 ESM Gonfreville l’Orcher
1989–2007
 Montpellier Handball
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2005
 France 169 (476)
Medal record
World Championship
1995 Iceland
2001 France
2003 Portugal
2005 Tunisia

Grégory Anquetil (born 14 December 1970)[1] 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. At club level he played almost his entire career for Montpellier Handball, where he was the club captain. He is named a knight of the French Legion of Honour.[2]

After his retirement from the sport, he provides commentary for handball matches for Canal plus.[3]

Career

Anquetil started playing at his hometown club Gonfreville l'Orcher HB. In 1988 he joined Montpellier Handball which at the time played in the second tier of French handball.[4] In 1992 he was promoted with the team to the top league in France.[5] His finest accomplishment at club level came on 2003, when he won the EHF Champions League with the club.[6] Additionally, he was part of the team that won the club's first French championship in 1995, first French cup in 1999 and first French League Cup in 2004. Additionally, he won French Championship a further 8 times at the club; in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.[7]

National team

He debuted for the French national team on 20 December 1994 against Norway in a preparation match for the 1995 World Championship.[4] At the World Championship he was part of the French team that won gold medals. This was the first time, France won the title.

He won the title again at the 2001 World Men's Handball Championship.

He also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he placed fourth, and also at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.[8]

Ahead of the 2004 European Championship he was named captain of the French national team in Jackson Richardson's absence.[9]

Titles

Club

International

Private

His brother Frédéric Anquetil is also a handballer. His nephew Arthur Anquetil is also a handballer.[10]

References

  1. ^ Grégory Anquetil's profile at the EHF Competition Archive (in French)
  2. ^ "Décret du 14 mars 2001 portant nomination" (in French). Journal officiel de la République française. 15 March 2001.
  3. ^ "Fédération française de handball : FFHB: L'Entretien du Lundi - Grégory Anquetil : " Nous ne sommes plus de gentils garçons "". www.ff-handball.org. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Grégory Anquetil, le petit prince aux mains d'or". Handball hebdo : hebdomadaire de la Fédération française de handball (in French) (60 ed.). Fédération française de handball. 19 April 1994. p. 12 to 15. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  5. ^ "MONTPELLIER HANDBALL CLUB - MHB". Montpellier Tourism. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  6. ^ "2002/03 VELUX VELUX European Cup / EHF". history.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Palmares" (in French). French Handball League. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
  8. ^ "Grégory Anquetil". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  9. ^ "Handball : Pour Athènes, les places seront chères". ladepeche.fr. 3 February 2004. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  10. ^ "Anquetil, la saga continue" (in French). L'Équipe. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
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