Éric Quintin (born 22 January 1967) is a French

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player. With the French national team, he won the bronze medal at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

, a silver medal at the 1993 World Championship, a gold medal at the 1994

Goodwill Games The Goodwill Games were an international sports competition created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s. In 1979, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan caused the United States and other ...

and at 1995 World Championship With clubs, he mainly played for

SMUC Marseille Stade Marseillais Université Club Handball, often just called SMUC Marseille, is a team handball club from Marseille, France. Currently, SMUC Marseille competes in the French First League of Handball. Between 1989 and 1996 the team was called ...

who became OM-Vitrolles in 1991. With this club, he won the

EHF Cup Winner's Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup. Winners ...

, the

French league The French League (: "French League for Purge, purging, mutual aid (politics), mutual aid and European integration, European collaboration") was a Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, collaborationist French movement founded by Pier ...

in 1994, 1996 and the

Coupe de France The Coupe de France (), also known in English language, English as the French Cup or less commonly as the France Cup, is the premier Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in French football organised by the French Football Fed ...

: in 1993 and 1995.

Accomplishments

: ** Winner (1): 1993 (as OMV) ** Runners-up (1): 1994 (as OMV) *

: ** Winner (7): 1965, 1967, 1969, 1975, 1984 (as SMUC) ; 1994, 1996 (as OMV) ** Runners-up (3): 1983 (as SMUC) ; 1993, 1995 (as OMV) *

: ** Winner (3): 1976 (as SMUC) ; 1993, 1995 (as OMV) ** Runners-up (2): 1992, 1996 (as OMV)

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* 1967 births Living people French male handball players Olympic handball players for France Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-handball-bio-stub