Gawain Vincent
{{short description|British handball player}}
Gawain Vincent (born 9 March 1990, Les Lilas) is a British handball player.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/gawain-vincent-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040255/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/gawain-vincent-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Gawain Vincent Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2019-05-07}} At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed with the Great Britain men's national handball team in the men's tournament.[http://www.london2012.com/athlete/vincent-gawain-1094438/ Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524185101/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/vincent-gawain-1094438/ |date=2013-05-24 }}
Club career
Vincent began his career with Torcy Handball Club before moving to play for HBC Nantes in 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-20-25926.html|title = HBC Nantes präsentiert fünften Neuzugang}} By 2013, he was playing for Girondins HBC.{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/bordeaux/1233623-20131008-20131008-gawain-vincent-joueur-doit-payer-billet-davion-aller-jouer-langleterre|title = Gawain Vincent, le joueur qui "doit se payer son billet d'avion" pour jouer avec la Grande-Bretagne}}
International career
Born in France to an English mother, Vincent represented Britain beginning in 2009.{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/gawain-vincent/22FrsNomLY3iXqZ3U5cz45|title = Gawain Vincent}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/bordeaux/1233623-20131008-20131008-gawain-vincent-joueur-doit-payer-billet-davion-aller-jouer-langleterre|title = Gawain Vincent, le joueur qui "doit se payer son billet d'avion" pour jouer avec la Grande-Bretagne}} He competed in all five of the team's games, scoring a total of nine goals.{{Cite web|url=https://www.handball123.com/player/gawain-vincent.html|title=Handball - Gawain Vincent}}
References
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Category:Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic handball players for Great Britain
Category:British male handball players
Category:Sportspeople from Les Lilas
Category:French male handball players
Category:French people of English descent