Nicolas Maréchal
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Full name | Nicolas Maréchal | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras, France | March 4, 1987|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 335 cm (132 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Outside hitter | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nicolas Maréchal (born 4 March 1987) is a French volleyball player of Polish citizenship (since April 8, 2013),[1] a member of France men's national volleyball team, European Champion 2015, gold medalist of the World League 2015.
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Personal life
On August 4, 2015 his girlfriend Vatsana Phrasathane gave birth to their son Nathan.
Career
He played for Polish club Jastrzębski Węgiel in the 2013/2014 season, winning a bronze medal in the Polish Championship 2012/2013 and another in the CEV Champions League 2014 after winning a match against VC Zenit-Kazan. In 2014 he left Jastrzębski Węgiel. On May 29, 2014, it was announced that Marechal would play for PGE Skra Bełchatów in the upcoming 2014/2015 season.[2] On October 8, 2014 his team won ENEA Polish SuperCup 2014.[3] On October 18, 2015 French national team, including Marechal, achieved title of the European Champion 2015 (3–0 with Slovenia in the finale).[4] On February 7, 2016 he played with PGE Skra and won the 2016 Polish Cup after beating ZAKSA in the final.[5] In April 2016 he was a member of the same team which won a bronze medal in the 2015–16 PlusLiga championship.[6] Few days later, he left club and went to Turkish team İstanbul Belediyesi.[7]
Sporting achievements
- National championships
- 2008/2009
French Championship, with Tourcoing Lille Métropole Volley-Ball
- 2010/2011
French Championship, with Stade Poitevin Poitiers
- 2011/2012
French Championship, with Stade Poitevin Poitiers
- 2013/2014
Polish Championship, with Jastrzębski Węgiel
- 2014/2015
Polish SuperCup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2014/2015
Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2015/2016
Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2015/2016
Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2008/2009
- National team
References
- ^ Francuski siatkarz przyjął polskie obywatelstwo – sportowefakty.pl – 08-04-2013
- ^ Nicolas Marechal zawodnikiem PGE Skry – plusliga.pl – 29-05-2014
- ^ ENEA Super Puchar w piłce siatkowej 2014 dla PGE Skry Bełchatów – plusliga.pl – 08-10-2014
- ^ France celebrate historic European crown, Slovenia happy with silver – cev.eu – 18-10-2015
- ^ POLISH CUP M: Venture of all time - Skra win trophy after annulling 3-8 in tie-break! – worldofvolley.com – 07-02-2016
- ^ Brązowa PGE Skra! – skra.pl – 26-04-2016
- ^ Nicolas Marechal zamienia Bełchatów na Stambuł – dzienniklodzki.pl – 29-04-2016
External links
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- French men's volleyball players
- French expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Expatriate volleyball players in Poland
- French Champions of men's volleyball
- Jastrzębski Węgiel players
- Skra Bełchatów players
- French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
- Olympic volleyball players of France
- Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics