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{{short description|French handball player (born 1976)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name           = Guillaume Gille
| image          = Guillaume Gille 02.jpg
| caption        = Gille playing for [[HSV Hamburg]] in 2007
| fullname       = Guillaume Alain Gille
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1976|7|12|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Valence, Drôme]], France
| nationality    = French
| height         = 1.92 m
| position       = Centre back
| youthyears1    = 1984-1996
| youthclubs1    = HBC Loriol
| years1         = 1996-2002
| clubs1         = [[Chambéry Savoie Handball]]
| years2         = 2002–2012
| clubs2         = [[HSV Hamburg]]
| years3         = 2012–2015
| clubs3         = [[Chambéry Savoie Handball]]
| nationalyears1 = 1996-2013
| nationalteam1  = [[France men's national handball team|France]]
| nationalcaps1  = 308
| nationalgoals1 = 678
| managerclubs1  = [[France men's national handball team|France]] assistant
| manageryears1  = 2016-2020
| managerclubs2  = [[France men's national handball team|France]]
| manageryears2  = 2020-
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[handball]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{hb|FRA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Handball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IHF World Men's Handball Championship|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2001 World Men's Handball Championship|2001 France]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2009 World Men's Handball Championship|2009 Croatia]]|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1997 World Men's Handball Championship|1997 Japan]]|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2003 World Men's Handball Championship|2003 Portugal]]|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2005 World Men's Handball Championship|2005 Tunisia]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Men's Handball Championship|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2006 European Men's Handball Championship|2006 Switzerland]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 European Men's Handball Championship|2010 Austria]]|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2008 European Men's Handball Championship|2008 Norway]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Handball at the Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2001 Mediterranean Games|2001 Tunis]]|[[Handball at the 2001 Mediterranean Games|Team]]}}
}}

'''Guillaume Alain Gille''' (born 12 July 1976) is a retired French [[handball]]er and current coach of the [[France men's national handball team|French national team]].<ref>[http://www.eurohandball.com/player/500325 EHF profile]</ref>

He was the winner of the gold medal at the 2008<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gi/guillaume-gille-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417194259/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gi/guillaume-gille-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020}}</ref> and 2012 Summer Olympics<ref>{{cite web |title=Guillaume Gille |website=London2012.com |publisher=[[London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/gille-guillaume-1107487/ |url-status=dead |archivedate=23 January 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123081942/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/gille-guillaume-1107487/}}</ref> and is the older brother of [[Bertrand Gille (handballer)|Bertrand Gille]].

==Career==
Gille's career as a handballer began early. Already in 1984, he was playing for [[HBC Loriol]], followed by a [[sport étude]]. From 1996 to 2002, he played for [[Chambéry Savoie Handball|Chambéry SH]], before joining [[HSV Hamburg]] in the [[Handball-Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]. At Hamburg he won the 2006 [[DHB-Pokal]]. In 2012 he returned to Chambéry.<ref name="chambery">{{cite web|url=http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-1-1-36930.html |publisher=handball-world.com|title=Die Gilles bestätigen ihre Rückkehr nach Chambéry|accessdate=17 February 2012|language=de}}</ref>  He retired in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-1-1-68794.html |publisher=handball-world.com|title="Riese des Handballs" sagt Adieu: Bertrand Gille beendet nach 19 Jahren Profikarriere|accessdate=21 September 2016|language=de}}</ref> He has been playing with his brother, [[Bertrand Gille (handballer)|Bertrand Gille]], since their childhood and they played together for their entire career. At Chámbery they also played with their third brother, [[Benjamin Gille]].<ref name="chambery"/>

He has been a member of the [[France men's national handball team|French national team]] since 1996. Gille got his debut on 26 November 1996 against [[Serbia men's national handball team|Serbia-Montenegro]]. He has played 276 matches and scored 658 goals in full. He was a play-maker on the team, that won the gold medal at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], 2009 World Championships and 2010 European Championships. He has been a part of the French team, that completed a hat-trick by winning in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Gille was named ''Hamburgs Sportler des Jahres'' (Hamburg athlete of the year) in 2010.

==Coaching career==
In September 2016 he became the assistant coach on the French national team under [[Didier Dinart]]. In this position he won the [[2017 World Men's Handball Championship]]; his first tournament as part of the French coaching team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-1-20-85724.html |publisher=handball-world.com|title=Didier Dinart und Guillaume Gille französische Nationaltrainer|accessdate=28 September 2016}}</ref>

In 2020 he replaced Dinart has the head coach.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=handball-world |url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-29-122044.html |title=Unruhe in Frankreich: L`Equipe vermeldet Trennung von Nationaltrainer Didier Dinart |accessdate=2020-02-14}}</ref> His first major international tournament was the [[2021 World Men's Handball Championship]] in Egypt, where France finished 4th.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kicker.de/spanien-gegen-frankreich-2021-handball-wm-4698171/spielbericht |publisher=Kicker|title=Reifer, schneller, wacher: Spanien verdient sich die Bronze-Medaille |accessdate=2021-01-31 |language=de-DE}}</ref>

At the [[2020 Olympics]] (which were delayed to 2021) he won Gold medals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/f5a584e9-afc3-4b1a-8f71-a429f73fdbf9/pdf/FRATOTAL.PDF?n=1627488672 |publisher=[[International Handball Federation]]|website=ihf.info|title=Cumulative Statistics: France|accessdate=7 August 2021}}</ref> This made him the third male handballer to win Olympic gold medals both as coach and as player, behind [[Vladimir Maksimov (handballer)|Vladimir Maksimov]] (1976 & 2000) and [[Branislav Pokrajac]] (1972 & 1984).

In the lead up to the [[2024 Olympics]] the [[French Handball Federation]] announced that they planned to keep Gille as head coach long term until at least the [[2029 World Men's Handball Championship|2029 World Championship]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.handball-world.news/artikel/deutliche-aussage-zur-zukunft-von-frankreichs-nationaltrainer-guillaume-gille-1038256 |title=Deutliche Aussage zur Zukunft von Frankreichs Handball-Nationaltrainer Guillaume Gille|publisher=handball-world.news |language=de-DE |accessdate=2024-07-17}}</ref> 

==Personal life==
He has two younger brothers; [[Bertrand Gille (handballer)|Bertrand Gille]], born in 1978 and [[Benjamin Gille]], born in 1982.

==Medals and victories==
*French Handball champions 2001
*Vicechampion in Germany 2004 and 2008
*Supercup winner in Germany 2004, 2006 and 2009
*German Cup-winner 2006, 2010
*French Cup-winner 2002
*Winner of [[Cup Winners Cup]] 2007
*Bronze medal from [[2008 European Men's Handball Championship|European Championships 2008]]
*Gold medal from [[Summer Olympics 2008]]
*[[2009 World Men's Handball Championship|World Champion 2009]]
*[[2010 European Men's Handball Championship|European Champion 2010]]
*Hamburgs Sportler des Jahres 2009
*Gold medal from [[Summer Olympics 2012]]

==Seasons for HSV Hamburg==
{| class="wikitable"
|- class="hintergrundfarbe0"
! Season || Club|| League|| Games|| Goals|| 7-Meter|| Besides 7-Meter
|-
| align="center" |   2002/03
| align="left"      |   HSV Hamburg
| align="left"      |   Bundesliga
| align="center" |   10
| align="center" |   34
| align="center" |   1
| align="center" |   33
|-
| align="center" |   2003/04
| align="left"      |   HSV Hamburg
| align="left"      |   Bundesliga
| align="center" |   31
| align="center" |   111
| align="center" |   0
| align="center" |   111
|-
| align="center" |   2004/05
| align="left"      |   HSV Hamburg
| align="left"      |   Bundesliga
| align="center" |   34
| align="center" |   130
| align="center" |   0
| align="center" |   130
|-
| align="center" |   2005/06
| align="left"      |   HSV Hamburg
| align="left"      |   Bundesliga
| align="center" |   33
| align="center" |   84
| align="center" |   0
| align="center" |   84
|-
| align="center" |   2006/07
| align="left"      |   HSV Hamburg
| align="left"      |   Bundesliga
| align="center" |   34
| align="center" |   90
| align="center" |   0
| align="center" |   90
|-
| align="center" |   2007/08
| align="left"      |   HSV Hamburg
| align="left"      |   Bundesliga
| align="center" |   30
| align="center" |   66
| align="center" |   0
| align="center" |   66
|-
| align="center" |   2008/09
| align="left"      |   HSV Hamburg
| align="left"      |   Bundesliga
| align="center" |   31
| align="center" |   59
| align="center" |   0
| align="center" |   59
|-
| align="center" |   2002–2009
| align="left"      |   Total
| align="left"      |   Bundesliga
| align="center" |   203
| align="center" |   574
| align="center" |   1
| align="center" |   573
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{European Handball Federation}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com|guillaume-gille}}
* {{Team France}}
* {{CNOSF profile}}

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