Jackson Richardson (born 14 June 1969) is a French former handball player who is regarded as one of the best and most influential players of his era. He was named IHF World Player of the Year in 1995 and voted most valuable player at the World Championships of 1990 and 1995 and at the 2000 European Championship. With France he won the World Championship in 1995 and 2001 and the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and he holds the French record of 417 caps. He captained the national team and carried the French flag at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympics. His club career took him from Saint-Pierre HBC and Paris-Asnières to OM Vitrolles, TV Grosswallstadt, Portland San Antonio in Spain, where he won the 2001 Champions League, and Chambéry Savoie Handball.
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Born 14 June 1969 in Saint-Pierre, La Réunion
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is a French former handball player
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Richardson won fourteen titles at club level and the World Championship in 1995 and 2001 with the French national team.
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won the bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
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