{{short description|French handballer (born 1992)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Hugo Descat | image = Créteil - Dunkerque - LNH 13.jpg | caption = Descat in 2017 | fullname = Hugo Descat | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|8|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Paris, France | nationality = French | height = 1.82 m | position = Left wing | currentclub = ONE Veszprém | clubnumber = 9 | years1 = 2011–2017 | clubs1 = US Créteil Handball | years2 = 2017–2019 | clubs2 = Dinamo București | years3 = 2019–2023 | clubs3 = Montpellier Handball | years4 = 2023– | clubs4 = ONE Veszprém | nationalyears1 = 2013– | nationalteam1 = France | nationalcaps1 = 71 | nationalgoals1 = 311 | ntupdate = 14 January 2026 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold|2020 Tokyo|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championship}} {{MedalGold|2024 Germany|}} }}
'''Hugo Descat''' (born 16 August 1992) is a French handball player for ONE Veszprém and the French national team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurohandball.com/wch/men/2017/player/549923/HugoDescat |title=Profile |publisher=European Handball Federation |accessdate=20 June 2017 |archive-date=11 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011135022/https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/s0xOeyLIETzOkrXtyRuFDg/hugo-descat// |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Descat was the second best scorer in the 2016–17 season of the Championnat de France, third in 2013, fourth in 2012 and fifth in 2015. He was also the second best scorer of the 2011 Youth World Championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.ihf.info/files/competitiondata/fe1a9285-0a65-46d7-a3d1-2f8a613b8613/pdf/TOPSCORER.pdf |title=IV Men's Youth World Championship 2011 (Argentina) : Score Standings |publisher=International Handball Federation |accessdate=7 February 2020}}</ref>
==International honours== *'''Junior World Championship''': **''Bronze Medalist'': 2013
==Individual awards== * All-Star Left Wing at the 2020 Olympics * All-Star Left Wing of the Youth World Championship: 2011 * Championnat de France Best Young Player Award: 2012
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons}} * {{International Handball Federation}} * {{European Handball Federation|new_id=s0xOeyLIETzOkrXtyRuFDg|id=549923}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com}} * [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/hugo-descat_1893175 Hugo Descat] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics * {{Team France}} * {{Instagram}}
{{France handball squad 2020 Summer Olympics}} {{France squad 2021 World Men's Handball Championship}} {{France squad 2022 European Men's Handball Championship}} {{France squad 2024 European Men's Handball Championship}} {{France handball squad 2024 Summer Olympics}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Descat, Hugo}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:French male handball players Category:Handball players from Paris Category:CS Dinamo București (men's handball) players Category:Montpellier Handball players Category:Veszprém KC players Category:Handball players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Category:Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic gold medalists for France Category:Olympic medalists in handball Category:Olympic handball players for France Category:Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:French expatriate handball players in Hungary Category:French expatriate handball players in Romania Category:21st-century French sportsmen