Key facts
- Born
- ( 1984-09-06 ) 6 September 1984 (age 41) , Ivry-sur-Seine , France
- Nationality
- French
- Height
- 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Playing position
- Right wing
- Years
- Team
- 1998 2008
- US Ivry Handball
- 2008 2011
- BM Ciudad Real
- 2011 2012
- Atlético Madrid
- 2012 2020
- Paris Saint-Germain
- 2020 2021
- Elverum Håndball
- 2021 2023
- Zeekstar Tokyo
- 2005 2021
- France
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Luc
- Family name
- Abalo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Ivry-sur-Seine
- Occupation
- handball player
- Languages spoken
- French
- Participant in
- handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's tournament
- Sport
- handball
- Member of team
- France men's national handball team
- Position played
- winger
- Country for sport
- France
- Mass
- 86
- Image
- Luc Abalo PSG Handball.jpg
- Height
- 182
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- social media followers
- 122436
- Commons category
- Luc Abalo
- date of birth
- 1984-09-06
- nickname
- Lucio
- competition won
- handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – men's tournament
- birth name
- Luc Abalo
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Encyclopedic overview
Luc Kangny Abalo (born 6 September 1984) is a French retired handball player. He was inducted into the EHF Hall of Fame in 2024.
Being a member of the national team from 2005, he won gold medals at the 2008, 2012 and 2020 Olympics, 2009, 2011 and 2017 World and 2006, 2010 and 2014 European championships. He was named the French Division 1 Player of the Year in 2007, and the league's Best Right Wing in 2005, 2006 and 2007. In 2008 he received the Legion of Honour.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Luc Abalo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.