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Jackson Richardson is a French handball player. Team Handball was introduced as an Olympic sport for men at the 1936 Summer Olympics, in Berlin, but dropped after that The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Barcelona, Final results for the Handball competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics: Men's Tournament Women's tournament Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, or Olympic handball) is a Team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six As the captain of the French handball team, he was the flag carrier during the Olympic Games opening ceremony in Athens on August 13, 2004. France national handball team is the handball team controlled by the French Handball Federation, that represents France in the international matches The Opening Ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games was held on August 13, 2004 at the Olympic Stadium in Maroussi Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "
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Jackson Richardson was born on June 14, 1969 in Saint-Pierre, Réunion. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Saint-Pierre is the third-largest commune in the French overseas département of Réunion. He started playing handball when he was 6 years old, and was spotted in 1988, during the final of the Nationale 3 league, by Daniel Costantini, the French team headcoach, who was looking for a player from Réunion to play with the bataillon de Joinville. Réunion ( French: Réunion or formally La Réunion; previously Île Bourbon) is an island located in the Indian Ocean, east of Richardson then signed a contract with the club Paris-Asnières in 1989, and started to be well known with his first games for the national team.
Two years later, he was transferred to OM Vitrolles, the team with which he won the French League in 1994 and 1996, the French Cup in 1993 and 1995, and the Cup Winners' Cup in 1993. After that he went to Germany to play with the team of TV Großwallstadt, with which he won the European Cities Cup in 2000. Achievements German First League of Handball: 6 1978 1979 1980 1981 1984 1990 German Cup of Handball: 4
The summit of his club career occurred in Spain, where he played with Portland San Antonio, winning the Champions League against FC Barcelona Handbol in 2001 and the Spanish League the following year. History Trophies Liga ASOBAL Winners: 2001-02 2004-05 Runners-Up: 1997-98 1999-00 The EHF Champions League is the most important European handball club competition History The handball section of Futbol Club Barcelona was founded on November 29 1942 during the presidency of Enrique Piñeyro. Liga Asobal, is the premier professional Handball league in Spain.
He came back to France in 2005 to play with Chambéry Savoie Handball. Honors French Championship: 2001 Famous players Bertrand Gille Guillaume Gille
With the French national team, Jackson has won two world championships in 1995 and 2001 (and 4 other medals in 1993, 1997, 2003 and 2005), a bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and the title of best player in the world in 1995. The World Championship in team handball for men has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1938 The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Barcelona, Barcelona ( Catalan bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish baɾθeˈlona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia Men Women He holds by far the record of the most caps for France with more than 400 games. The french handball federation prepared him an outstanding party to celebrate his goodbye to the national team,at the Paris-Bercy tournament,with lots of sport figures present,although,the most important was the presence of his mother who came from their native Reunion Island to be with her son Jack, in such an important day.
Richardson was certainly one of the most talented players of his time. His very instinctive style was the combination of constant hard working and genial improvisation, which made him one of the top players in the world for more than 15 years.
He retired after a great Chambéry Savoie Handball vs US Ivry match
He is married and has two children. Honors French Championship: 2001 Famous players Bertrand Gille Guillaume Gille