Michaël Guigou
# Michaël Guigou

Michaël Guigou (born 28 January 1982) is a French former handball player for USAM Nîmes Gard and the French national team.

Regular member of the France national team, he was on the team that won the gold medal at two Olympics (2008 and 2012), four World championships (2009, 2011, 2015 and 2017) and three European championships (2006, 2010, 2014). During the final at the 2009 world championship, he was the highest scorer in one match with 10 goals (including 7 penalties out of 7) and finished as highest scorer of the French team with 52 goals.

In 2019, after 20 years in Montpellier Handball, he joined USAM Nîmes Gard. He ended his career in 2022.

## Achievements

### Club

* EHF Champions League:
   * Winner in 2003, 2018
* EHF Cup:
   * Runners up in 2014
* French league (10): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
* French cup (11): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016
* French league cup (10): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016
* French supercup: 2010, 2011, 2018

### International

* Olympics
   * Gold: 2008, 2012, 2020
   * Silver: 2016
* World championship
   * Gold: 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017
   * Bronze: 2005, 2019
* European championship
   * Gold: 2006, 2010, 2014
   * Bronze: 2018

### Individual

* All-Star Left wing of the World Championship: 2009
* Best player of French league (11): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018
