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Nikola Karabatic
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Nikola Karabatic is a French handball player born in Nis, Yugoslavia, to a Croatian father and Serbian mother, widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the sport's history. He anchored French teams that won three Olympic golds, four World Championships and four European Championships, and was named IHF World Player of the Year a men's record tying three times. He played for major clubs including Montpellier HB, THW Kiel, FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, and his younger brother Luka is also a professional handball player for France.
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Career HighlightNamed IHF World Player of the Year three times, in 2007, 2014 and 2016, a mens record shared with no other player, and inducted into the EHF Hall of Fame in 2024. 1 Career HighlightWon four World Championship titles (2009, 2011, 2015, 2017) and four European Championship titles (2006, 2010, 2014, 2024) with the French national team. 1 Career HighlightWon three Olympic gold medals with France, at Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Tokyo 2020, plus a silver at Rio 2016. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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