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Marcel Gaudion

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Marcel Gaudion
Marcel Gaudion before 1946
Personal information
Born (1924-01-12)12 January 1924
Gagny,  French Third Republic
Died 23 April 2021(2021-04-23) (aged 97)
Douarnenez,  France
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Runner
Senior clubs
Years Team
1941 - early 1960's
Villemomble Sports
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946 - 1954
 France (Field) 16 (18)
1953 - 1955
 France (Indoor) 7 (17)
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 28 November 2021

Marcel Gaudion (12 January 1924 – 23 April 2021) was a French handball player. He was born in Gagny, French Third Republic.[1][2][3]

National team

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He was part of the first game of the French national Field handball team on 12 May 1946 against Luxembourg. He played at the 1952 IHF World Men's Outdoor Handball Championship in Switzerland.

Indoor he played 7 games where he was always the Captain of the team. He played at the 1954 World Men's Handball Championship.

Club

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At the club level he played for Villemomble Sports. He had a big regret that he was not able to share the 1945 French title with his youth friends Robert Hébert and Henri Girard who died during the Liberation of Paris. 1952-53 he was handball of the year in France.

  • Field handball
    • 7 French cup winner: 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953
    • ? French cup runner-up: 1943
    • 2 French champions: 1945, 1949
    • ? Paris championship runner-up:1943-44, 1945
  • Indoor handball

Other sports

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Besides handball he was sportive in many sports including track and field, Cyclo-cross and Basketball:

  • 3 place French cadet championship in triathlon
  • Finalist French cadet championship in Cyclo-cross
  • 3 place Paris junior championship in Shot put

References

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  1. ^ "Nos Vedettes" [Our Star]. Hand-Ball (in French). 8. French Handball Federation: 4. January 1946.
  2. ^ "#HOMMAGE - MARCEL GAUDION - À JAMAIS LE PREMIER" [#HOMMAGE - MARCEL GAUDION - Always the First] (in French). French Handball Federation. 19 May 2021. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ^ H., Ya. (17 May 2021). "Marcel Gaudion, premier capitaine des Bleus, est mort" [Marcel Gaudion, first captain of the Bleus, is dead]. L'Équipe (in French). Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.