Guéric Kervadec

{{short description|French handball player (born 1972)}}

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{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Guéric Kervadec

| image = Guéric Kervadec en 1996.jpg

| caption =

| nationality = French

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|1|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = La Garenne-Colombes

| height = 198 cm

| position = Pivot

| currentclub = Retired

| clubnumber =

| years1 = 1987-1988

| clubs1 = Belley

| years2 = 1988-1993

| clubs2 = Vénissieux HB

| years3 = 1993-1994

| clubs3 = USAM Nîmes

| years4 = 1994-1997

| clubs4 = US Créteil

| years5 = 1997-2002

| clubs5 = SC Magdeburg

| years6 = 2002-2009

| clubs6 = US Créteil

| nationalyears1 = 1993-2005

| nationalteam1 = France

| nationalcaps1 = 217

| nationalgoals1 = 517

| ntupdate =

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 =

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalOlympics}}

{{MedalBronze| 1992 Barcelona |Team}}

{{MedalWorldChampionships}}

{{MedalGold|1995 Iceland|}}

{{MedalSilver|1997 Japan|}}

{{MedalBronze|2005 Tunisia|}}

}}

Guéric Kervadec (born 9 January 1972) is a former French team handball player who was part of the French team that won the 1995 World Championship; the first time France won a major international tournament.

At club level he played for Belley, Vénissieux HB, USAM Nîmes and US Créteil Handball in France and SC Magdeburg Germany. Kervadec was born in the commune of La Garenne-Colombes in north-west Paris. He is perhaps best known for having competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the French team placed 4th. He also participated in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, where the French team placed 6th and 5th respectively.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/gueric-kervadec-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417194712/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/gueric-kervadec-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Guéric Kervadec |publisher=Sports-reference.com |accessdate=30 January 2011 }}