Luc Abalo is a retired French handball player, born on 6 September 1984, who played on the right wing for the French national team from 2005. With France he won Olympic gold medals in 2008, 2012 and 2020, world championship titles in 2009, 2011 and 2017, and European championship titles in 2006, 2010 and 2014. He was named French Division 1 Player of the Year in 2007 and the league's best right wing in 2005, 2006 and 2007, received the Legion of Honour in 2008, and was inducted into the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2024. Away from the court he is a graphic artist, and his wristband design for the Paris 2024 Olympic bid sold about 1.5 million copies in September 2015.
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is a French retired handball player
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born 6 September 1984
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Being a member of the national team from 2005, he won gold medals
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he won gold medals at the 2008, 2012 and 2020 Olympics
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is a French retired handball player
Competed In: 2008 Summer Olympics, Lead, Olympics
he won gold medals at the 2008, 2012 and 2020 Olympics
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he won gold medals at the 2008, 2012 and 2020 Olympics
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he won gold medals at the 2008, 2012 and 2020 Olympics
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