TOURNAT Nicolas

Date of Birth: 5 Apr 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 2.00/6'6''

Place of birth: NIORT

Birth Country:

France

Place of residence : KIELCE

Residence Country:

Poland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Handball	Men FRA France	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #02 FRA France 33 ARG Argentina 27	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #07 BRA Brazil 29 FRA France 34	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #18 FRA France 30 GER Germany 29	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #21 FRA France 36 ESP Spain 31	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #28 NOR Norway 32 FRA France 29	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Quarterfinal #31 FRA France 42 BRN Bahrain 28	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Semifinal #35 FRA France 27 EGY Egypt 23	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Gold Medal Match #38 FRA France 25 DEN Denmark 23	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Men	2021	Egypt

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2018	Croatia
14	Men	2020

Occupation:

Wife Maelys, children Lelio [2018] and Nyla [2020]

Languages spoken:

English, French, Polish

Vive Kielce [Poland] since 2020/21

Talant Dujshebaev [club]; Guillaume Gille [national], FRA

Position style:

Pivot (ffhandball.fr, 01 Jul 2020)

Right (Instagram profile, 07 Apr 2021)

2017 for France Against Poland, in Brondby, Denmark (ffhandball.fr, 01 Jul 2020)

National league:

Superliga [POL]

He began playing handball at age 12 in Niort, France. (lnh.fr, 25 Oct 2016)

"I didn't start until I was 12. I had played football for six years before that, but I stopped because I didn't like the state of mind. A friend suggested that I try handball. The club fees were not expensive, so I asked my mother and that was it." (lnh.fr, 25 Oct 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to win the Champions League with Vive Kielce. (Instagram profile, 12 Mar 2021; ehfcl.eurohandball.com, 13 Oct 2020)

French handball players Bertrand Gille and Cedric Sorhaindo, Swedish handball player Andreas Nilsson. (lnh.fr, 25 Oct 2016)

He was named onto the All-Star team following the 2018/19 and 2019/20 Starligue seasons. (lnh.fr, 30 May 2019; lnh.fr, 27 May 2020)

General Interest

General
MOVE TO POLAND
He played for HBC Nantes from 2012 to 2020 before moving to Poland with Vive Kielce in 2020. "I arrived at Nantes at age 17 and I'm leaving at age 26, and in that time I got married and had two children, so I grew up here. It will always be a big part of my life. Maybe one day I will come back here, as it's where everything started for me and no other club could replace that. At Kielce I hope to win the Champions League. I think they can be competitive in the Champions League." His family moved with him to Poland. "My life is here [in Poland] now. I'm trying to learn Polish, I can speak a little but not enough to have a proper conversation. My son goes to school here, he is learning the language, so I better apply myself or he will be better than me. I came here to discover something new, a new culture, and it's not just for me - it's good for my kids too to discover something new." (handnews.fr, 30 Mar 2021; lnh.fr, 03 Jul 2020)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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