Frédéric Volle (born 4 February 1966 in

Montpellier Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of ...

) is a French former

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player. He was part of the French national team that won the 1995 World Championship, beating Croatia in the final. He also competed in the

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and in the

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Career

Volle started his career at

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. In 1989 he was the top scorer in the French league. In 1992 he moved on to OM Vitrolles. Here he won the 1993

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. In 1996 he joined German team

SG Wallau-Massenheim SG Wallau-Massenheim was a team handball club from Wallau (which belongs to Hofheim) east of Wiesbaden, Germany. It was a union of the two clubs ''TV Wallau'' and ''TuS Massenheim''. Today they play in German lower leagues. The club's biggest ...

before playing the last years of his career in Japan, where he won the Japanese championship four times in a row. In 1992, Volle was a member of the French handball team which won bronze medal at the

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. This was France's first ever medal at major international tournament. He played all seven matches and scored 23 goals. Four years later, Volle finished fourth with the French team in the 1996 Olympic tournament. He played seven games and scored numerous goals. He was the second highest scorer. Volle also has a silver from 1993 World Championship in Sweden, Stolkholm, where France lost to Russia in the final. In the 2004-2005 season he was the coach for the German club SG Kronau/Östringen.

Titles

* French Championship: **''Winner:'' 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996 *

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: **''Winner'': 1985, 1986, 1993, 1995 *

**''Winner'': 1993 *Japanese Championship **''Winner:'' 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 *Japanese Cup **''Winner:'' 1999

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1966 births Living people French expatriate handball players in Germany 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 French expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate handball players in Japan Sportspeople from Montpellier USAM Nîmes Gard players French handball coaches Expatriate handball coaches 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-handball-bio-stub

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