Nicolas Claire

{{short description|French handball player (born 1987)}}

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

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Nicolas Claire

| image = Nicolas Claire 2 20171214.jpg

| caption = Claire in 2017

| nationality = French

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|7|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Saint-Denis, Réunion

| height = 1.90 m

| position = Centre back

| currentclub = Tremblay-en-France Handball

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1993–2004

| youthclubs1 = Joinville Sports

| youthyears2 = 2004–2005

| youthclubs2 = Lasours Handball

| youthyears3 = 2005–2008

| youthclubs3 = PSG

| years1 = 2008–2013

| clubs1 = PSG

| years2 = 2013–2018

| clubs2 = HBC Nantes

| years3 = 2019–2023

| clubs3 = Pays d'Aix UCH

| years4 = 2023-

| clubs4 = Tremblay-en-France Handball

| nationalyears1 = 2015–

| nationalteam1 = France

| nationalcaps1 = 54

| nationalgoals1 = 52

| ntupdate = 10 July 2023

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Germany/Denmark|}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Croatia|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2009 Pescara|Team}}

}}

Nicolas Claire (born 10 July 1987) is a French handball player for Tremblay-en-France Handball and the French national team.[http://www.eurohandball.com/player/529195 EHF profile]

He was part of the French team that won the bronze medal at the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship.{{Cite web |url=http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_ROSTER_FRA.PDF |title=2018 European Championship roster |access-date=2018-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117122300/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_ROSTER_FRA.PDF |archive-date=2019-01-17 |url-status=dead }}