Gawain Vincent (born 9 March 1990, Les Lilas) is a British handball player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed with the Great Britain men's national handball team in the men's tournament.
Club career
Vincent began his career with Torcy Handball Club before moving to play for HBC Nantes in 2010. By 2013, he was playing for Girondins HBC.
International career
Born in France to an English mother, Vincent represented Britain beginning in 2009. 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. He competed in all five of the team's games, scoring a total of nine goals.
References
- "Gawain Vincent Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
- Profile Archived 2013-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
- "HBC Nantes präsentiert fünften Neuzugang".
- "Gawain Vincent, le joueur qui "doit se payer son billet d'avion" pour jouer avec la Grande-Bretagne".
- "Gawain Vincent".
- "Gawain Vincent, le joueur qui "doit se payer son billet d'avion" pour jouer avec la Grande-Bretagne".
- "Handball - Gawain Vincent".
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- Living people
- 1990 births
- Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for Great Britain
- British male handball players
- People from Les Lilas
- French male handball players
- French people of English descent
- HBC Nantes players
- Sportspeople from Seine-Saint-Denis
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- 21st-century British sportsmen