Christian Gaudin (born 26 January 1967) is a former

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international handball player and current handball coach. He has served as the manager of the Romanian men's national team in 2014. As a player he was part of the France team that won the 1995 World Championship; the first time France ever won a major international tournament.

Career

At club level he won the

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in 1998, 1990, 1991 and 1993 and the

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in 1994 with

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. He then joined

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, followed by Istres OPH. In 1997 he joined German team VfL Hameln. In 1999 he moved to

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, where he won the 2001

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and

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, the

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in 2002 and the

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in 2001 and 2002. In 2003 he returned to France for personal reasons and joined second tier side

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National team

Gaudin played for the French national team from 1990 to 2002 and represented them at 5

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, 2 Olympics and 5

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. In

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and

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he won World Championship gold medals.

Coaching career

After his retirement as a player he became a coach at Saint-Raphaël. He was with them until 2014. From May 2014 he became the head coach of the Romanian men's national team. In July 2014 he became the head coach at

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, replacing Martin Schwalb. In December 2014 he was fired from this position after losing 5 games in a row. He was replaced by his former assistant

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. In February 2015 he instead became the head coach at French team

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. From July 2017 to October 2017 he was the head coach at Romanian team

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. In the summer of 2018 he was appointed head coach of

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. He left this position in November 2019.

Private

His son Noah Gaudin is also a professional handballer for

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. On the French national team and at USAM Nimes he played together with his brother-in-law, Gilles Derot, from 1987 to 1994.

Player achievements

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: **''Winner'': 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993 *Pro D2: **''Winner'': 2004 *Coupe de France: **''Winner'': 1994 *

: **''Winner'': 2001 *

: **''Winner'':

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: **''Winner'': 2001, 2002 *

: **''Winner'': 2001 *

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: **''Gold Medalist'':

**''Silver Medalist'':

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**''Bronze Medalist'':

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Coaching achievements

**''Bronze Medalist'':

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*Pro D2 **''Winner'': 2007 *Coupe de France: **''Semifinalist'': 2003 *Coupe de la Ligue **''Finalist'': 2010, 2012, 2014

References

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