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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Hugo Descat | ||||||||||||||||
| Born |
(1992-08-16) 16 August 1992 (age 32) Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Left wing | ||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | ONE Veszprém | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2017 | US Créteil Handball | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Dinamo București | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Montpellier Handball | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | ONE Veszprém | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013– | France | 45 | (203) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hugo Descat (born 16 August 1992) is a French handball player for ONE Veszprém and the French national team.
Descat was the second best scorer in the 2016–17 season of the Championnat de France, third in 2013, fourth in 2012 and fifth in 2015. He was also the second best scorer of the 2011 Youth World Championship.
International honours
- Junior World Championship:
- Bronze Medalist: 2013
Individual awards
- All-Star Left Wing at the 2020 Olympics
- All-Star Left Wing of the Youth World Championship: 2011
- Championnat de France Best Young Player Award: 2012
References
- "Profile". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- "IV Men's Youth World Championship 2011 (Argentina) : Score Standings" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
External links
- Hugo Descat at the International Handball Federation
- Hugo Descat at the European Handball Federation
- Hugo Descat at Olympedia (archive)
- Hugo Descat at Olympics.com
- Hugo Descat at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Hugo Descat at Équipe de France (in French)
- Hugo Descat on Instagram
| France squad – 2021 World Championship – 4th place | ||
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| France squad – 2020 Summer Olympics – Gold medal | ||
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- French male handball players
- Handball players from Paris
- CS Dinamo București (men's handball) players
- Montpellier Handball players
- Veszprém KC players
- Handball players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
- Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for France
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Olympic handball players for France
- Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- French expatriate handball players in Hungary
- French expatriate handball players in Romania
- 21st-century French sportsmen