Jackson Richardson

Jackson Richardson
Jackson Richardson
	Jackson in 2013
Personal information
Born	14 June 1969 (age 54); Saint-Pierre, Réunion
Nationality	French
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Centre Back
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth career
Years	Team
1977–1989	Saint-Pierre HBC
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1989–1991	Paris-Asnières
1991–1996	OM Vitrolles
1996–2000	TV Großwallstadt
2000–2005	Portland San Antonio
2005–2008	Chambéry Savoie Handball
2009	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
National team
Years	Team
1990–2005	France
Medal record
Men's Handball
Representing France
Olympic Games
World Men's Handball Championship

Jackson Richardson (born 14 June 1969) is a retired French handball player. Regarded as one of the best and most influential handball players of his era, Richardson won fourteen titles at club level and the World Championship in 1995 and 2001 with the French national team.^[1]^[2] He was awarded IHF World Player of the Year in 1995, and voted the most valuable player at the World Championships in 1990 and 1995, and the 2000 European Championship.^[3]

With the national team, Richardson also received one silver medal and three bronze medals at the World Championships in 1993, 1997, 2003 and 2005, and won the bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.^[4] He holds the record for most caps for the French national team with 417 appearances.^[5] As the captain of the national team, Richardson was France's flag bearer during the 2004 Olympic Games opening ceremony in Athens.^[5]

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^ "All the previous World Handball Players". International Handball Federation. Archived from the original on June 22, 2009. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
^ "All the Medallists since 1896 - Olympic.org". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Bouhier, Par Florian. "Jackson Richardson sur l'importance des JO de Barcelone 1992 pour le handball français : « Le bronze a facilité notre adaptation aux Jeux »". Olympics (in French).

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[BestPlayer-3] "All the previous World Handball Players". International Handball Federation. Archived from the original on June 22, 2009. Retrieved January 31, 2010.

[Spain92-4] "All the Medallists since 1896 - Olympic.org". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 31, 2010.

[:3-5] Bouhier, Par Florian. "Jackson Richardson sur l'importance des JO de Barcelone 1992 pour le handball français : « Le bronze a facilité notre adaptation aux Jeux »". Olympics (in French).

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