Julien Bos

{{short description|French handball player (born 1998)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Julien Bos

| image = Julien Bos 2 20180301.jpg

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|8|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Pessac, France

| nationality = French

| height = 1.88 m

| position = Right back/wing

| currentclub = HBC Nantes

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 2016-2018

| youthclubs1 = Montpellier Handball

| years1 = 2018–2023

| clubs1 = Montpellier Handball

| years2 = 2023–

| clubs2 = HBC Nantes

| nationalyears1 = 2021–

| nationalteam1 = France

| nationalcaps1 = 6

| nationalgoals1 = 12

| ntupdate = 3 February 2024

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}

{{MedalBronze|2025 Croatia/Denmark/Norway|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Youth European Championship}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Croatia|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Youth World Championship}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Georgia|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Junior World Championship}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Spain|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Junior European Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Slovenia|}}

}}

Julien Bos, (born 18 August 1998) is a French handball player for HBC Nantes and France men's national handball team.{{Cite web |title=Bos, Julien |url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/HzeFQdXR_7AkdzNfpb_tyA/julien-bos/ |access-date=7 September 2022 |website=EHF}} He can play as both right back and right wing.

Career

Julien Bos joined the Montpellier Handball youth academy in 2016.{{cite web |url=https://sans-filtre.fr/handball-julien-bos-de-lombre-a-la-lumiere/ |title=Handball – Julien Bos – De l’ombre à la lumière |publisher=sans-filtre.fr |language=fr |accessdate=2022-08-24}} In the first season he broke through on the first team. In 2018 he signed his first professional contract.{{cite web |url=https://www.handzone.net/home/actu/64214/bos-et-villeminot-signent-pro-avec-montpellier |title=Bos et Villeminot signent pro avec Montpellier |publisher=handzone.net |language=fr |accessdate=2022-08-24}}

In 2023 he joined HBC Nantes.{{cite web |url=https://hbcnantes.com/actualites/officiel-julien-bos-au-hbc-nantes-la-saison-prochaine/ |title=Officiel : Julien Bos au HBC Nantes la saison prochaine |publisher=HBC Nantes|website=hbcnantes.com |language=fr |accessdate=2022-10-17}} Here he won the 2024 Coupe de France.

He debuted for the French national team on November 6th 2021 in a 26:31 defeat to Denmark.{{cite web |url=https://www.montpellierhandball.com/fr/actualites/2021-11-03/julien-bos-et-arthur-lenne-selectionnes-en-equipe-de-france |title=Julien Bos et Arthur Lenne sélectionnés en équipe de France |publisher=Montpellier Handball|website=montpellierhandball.com |language=fr |accessdate=2022-08-24}}

At the 2025 World Championship he won bronze medals with France, losing to Croatia in the semifinal and beating Portugal in the third place playoff.{{cite web|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2025-02-02-sindssyg-afslutning-paa-dramatisk-bronzekamp|title=Sindssyg afslutning på dramatisk bronzekamp|publisher=TV2 Danmark|first=Oliver|last=Orup Kristensen|date=2 February 2025|accessdate=2 February 2025|language=da|trans-title=Insane finish to bronze match}}

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