Cédric Burdet

Cédric Burdet
Burdet in 2007
Personal information
Born 15 November 1974 (1974-11-15) (age 50)
Belley, Ain, France
Nationality French
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Right back
Senior clubs
Years Team
-1995
 Chambéry Savoie Handball
1995-2003
 Montpellier Handball
2003-2006
 VfL Gummersbach
2006-2009
 Montpellier Handball
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997-2008
 France 227 (491)
Medal record
Men's handball
Representing  France
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing Team competition
Mediterranean Games
2001 Tunis Team competition

Cédric Burdet (born 15 November 1974) is a retired French handball player who played most of his career in French handball team Montpellier HB until his retirement in 2009 (with a national championship victory). He also played for Chambéry Savoie Handball in France and VfL Gummersbach in Germany.

His career with the national team (from 1997 to 2008) included three Olympic Games, including winning the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he was instrumental to the victory of France against Croatia in the semi-finals where he scored 5 goals in the first half, and in the final against Iceland, where he scored 4 goals.[1]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cédric Burdet". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.