Guillaume Joli

Guillaume Joli (born 27 March 1985) is a former French handballer. He was at the France men's national handball team which won gold medals at the 2009, 2011 and 2015 World Men's Handball Championships and the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Guillaume Joli
Personal information
Born	(1985-03-27) March 27, 1985 (age 39) Lyon, France
Nationality	French
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Right wing
Youth career
Years	Team
1994-2000	Tassin-la-Demi-Lune
2000-2002	HBC Villefranche-sur-Saône
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2002-2004	Villeurbanne Handball Association
2004-2010	Chambéry Savoie HB
2010-2012	BM Valladolid
2012-2014	Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral
2014-2016	HSG Wetzlar
2016-2019	Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2015	France	118[1]	(346)
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London Team World Championship 2009 Croatia Team 2015 Qatar Team European Championship 2010 Austria Team 2014 Denmark Team

Career

Joli joined Chambéry Savoie HB in 2004. Here he played in the 2007-08 EHF Cup and the 2006-07, 2008-09 and 2009-10 EHF Champions League.^[3] In september 2012 he joined Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral.^[4] Here he won the 2013 french League cup and 2014 French championship.

In 2014 he joined German Bundesliga team HSG Wetzlar.^[5] In 2016 he returned to Dunkerque.^[6] He retired after the 2018-19 season.^[7]

National team

Joli debuted for the French national team on 16 June 2006 against Spain. In 2010 he won his first international title at the 2009 World Championship in Croatia. This was followed by gold medals at the 2010 European Championship in Austria,^[8] the 2012 Olympics and 2014 European Championship in Denmark. In 2015 he won his second World Championship title.

For much of his national team career he was the second choice on the right wing next to Luc Abalo.