Marcel Gaudion (12 January 1924 – 23 April 2021) was a French handball player. He was born in Gagny, French Third Republic.[1][2][3]
| Marcel Gaudion | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Marcel Gaudion before 1946 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
12 January 1924 Gagny,  French Third Republic | ||
| Died |
23 April 2021 (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) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 28 November 2021 | |||
National team edit
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 edit
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
- 1 French champion: 1953
Other sports edit
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 edit
- ^ "Nos Vedettes" [Our Star]. Hand-Ball (in French). 8. French Handball Federation: 4. January 1946.
- ^ "#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.
- ^ 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.