Pascal Mahé (born 15 December 1963, in

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) is a French former

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player and current coach. As a player he won the 1995 World Championship; the first ever gold medal for France in a major international tournament. He also competed in the

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and in the

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Career

At club level he won the French Championship twice, once with

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and once with

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. In 1992, Mahé was a member of the French handball team that won the bronze medal. He played six matches and scored twelve goals. Four years later, Mahé finished fourth with the French team in the 1996 Olympic tournament. He played four matches and scored two goals.

Private life

His son,

Kentin Mahé Kentin Mahé (born 22 May 1991) is a French handball player for VfL Gummersbach and the French national team. Early life Kentin Mahé was born in Paris and started to play handball at age six in AS Monaco, before briefly representing ASPTT Nic ...

, is also a handball player for the French national team.Ein Franzose kennt keinen Schmerz - rp-online.de
retrieved 20. January 2015

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1963 births Living people 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 Sportspeople from Caen Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century French sportsmen French handball coaches {{France-handball-bio-stub