Gawain Vincent
Gawain Vincent (born 9 March 1990, Les Lilas) is a British handball player.[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed with the Great Britain men's national handball team in the men's tournament.[2]
Club career
[edit]Vincent began his career with Torcy Handball Club before moving to play for HBC Nantes in 2010.[3] By 2013, he was playing for Girondins HBC.[4]
International career
[edit]Born in France to an English mother, Vincent represented Britain beginning in 2009.[5] He was selected as part of the 2012 Olympic squad and had to pay for his own plane tickets and meals to compete for the team.[4] He competed in all five of the team's games, scoring a total of nine goals.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Gawain Vincent Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
- ↑ Profile Archived 2013-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "HBC Nantes präsentiert fünften Neuzugang".
- 1 2 Nouaux, Marc (13 September 2014). "Gawain Vincent, le joueur qui «doit se payer son billet d'avion» pour jouer avec la Grande-Bretagne" (in French). 20 Minutes.
- ↑ "Gawain Vincent".
- ↑ "Handball - Gawain Vincent".
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- Living people
- 1990 births
- Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for Great Britain
- British male handball players
- Sportspeople from Les Lilas
- French male handball players
- French people of English descent
- HBC Nantes players
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- 21st-century British sportsmen