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Didier Dinart

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Didier Dinart is a French handball player, born on 18 January 1977, who has retired from playing and now coaches US Ivry Handball and the Montenegro national team. He was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023. As a player he was a skilled defensive specialist, considered among the best in the world in that role, and was nicknamed La Roca, the Rock, in Spain, where he played for BM Ciudad Real alongside Luc Abalo after a spell at Montpellier HB. He first appeared for France on 20 December 1996 against Croatia, won the European, world and Olympic championships, and took Olympic gold at the 2008 Beijing Games and the 2012 London Games.

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1977 1
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    (born 18 January 1977)
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    is a French retired handball player
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    is a French retired handball player
  • Competed In: 2008 Summer Olympics, Lead, 2008 Olympics
    including winning the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics
  • Competed In: 2012 Summer Olympics, Lead, 2012 Olympics
    including winning the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics
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