Stéphane Stoecklin (born 12 January 1969) is a French

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player. He was voted World Player of the Year 1997 by the

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.Previous World Handball Players
'' (Retrieved on January 26, 2008) With the French national team, he won a bronze medal at the

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and the medals at the

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: silver in

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

, gold in

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and bronze in

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. In the meanwhile, he has been awarded best right back at the

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With clubs, he won two French Championship in 1991 and 1993 and one

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in 1994 with

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. Lately he has been

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top scorer in 1998 as a

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player. The same year, he decided to go in Japan where he played 5 seasons for Honda Suzuka and won 5 times the Japan League.

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