Denis Lathoud (13 January 1966 – 22 June 2025) was 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 and coach, who as a player won the 1995 World Championship; the first ever French gold medals at a major international tournament. He also competed in 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 ...

and in the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. In 1992, he was a member of the French handball team which won the bronze medal. He played all seven matches and scored 25 goals. Four years later, he finished fourth with the French team in the 1996 Olympic tournament. He played six matches and scored 15 goals. With

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, he won the French Championship twice. In December 2002, he became the

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at SMV Porte Normande. In the 2005-06 season, he coached CAPO Limoges. From 2006 to 2014, he was the coach at Dijon Bourgogne HB. Lathoud died of blood cancer on 22 June 2025, at the age of 59.

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1966 births 2025 deaths French male handball players Olympic handball players for France Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Handball players from Lyon French handball coaches Expatriate handball coaches French expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia French expatriate sportspeople in Qatar French expatriate sportspeople in Italy USAM Nîmes Gard players Paris Saint-Germain Handball players 20th-century French sportsmen Deaths from blood cancer Deaths from cancer in France {{France-handball-bio-stub