# Hugo Descat

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{{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](/source/Paris), France
| nationality    = French
| height         = 1.82 m
| position       = Left wing
| currentclub    = [ONE Veszprém](/source/Veszpr%C3%A9m_KC)
| clubnumber     = 9
| years1         = 2011–2017
| clubs1         = [US Créteil Handball](/source/US_Cr%C3%A9teil_Handball)
| years2         = 2017–2019
| clubs2         = [Dinamo București](/source/CS_Dinamo_Bucure%C8%99ti_(men's_handball))
| years3         = 2019–2023
| clubs3         = [Montpellier Handball](/source/Montpellier_Handball)
| years4         = 2023–
| clubs4         = [ONE Veszprém](/source/Veszpr%C3%A9m_KC)
| nationalyears1 = 2013–
| nationalteam1  = [France](/source/France_men's_national_handball_team)
| nationalcaps1  = 71
| nationalgoals1 = 311
| ntupdate       = 14 January 2026
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCompetition|[Olympic Games](/source/Handball_at_the_Summer_Olympics)}}
{{MedalGold|[2020 Tokyo](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics)|[Team](/source/Handball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[European Championship](/source/European_Men's_Handball_Championship)}}
{{MedalGold|[2024 Germany](/source/2024_European_Men's_Handball_Championship)|}}
}}

'''Hugo Descat''' (born 16 August 1992) is a French [handball](/source/handball) player for [ONE Veszprém](/source/Veszpr%C3%A9m_KC) and the [French national team](/source/France_men's_national_handball_team).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurohandball.com/wch/men/2017/player/549923/HugoDescat |title=Profile |publisher=[European Handball Federation](/source/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](/source/2016%E2%80%9317_LNH_Division_1) season of the [Championnat de France](/source/LNH_Division_1), third in [2013](/source/2012%E2%80%9313_LNH_Division_1), fourth in [2012](/source/2011%E2%80%9312_LNH_Division_1) and fifth in [2015](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_LNH_Division_1). He was also the second best scorer of the [2011 Youth World Championship](/source/2011_Men's_Youth_World_Handball_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](/source/International_Handball_Federation) |accessdate=7 February 2020}}</ref>

==International honours==
*'''[Junior World Championship](/source/IHF_Men's_Junior_World_Championship)''': 
**''Bronze Medalist'': [2013](/source/2013_Men's_Junior_World_Handball_Championship)

==Individual awards==
* All-Star Left Wing at the [2020 Olympics](/source/Handball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament)
* All-Star Left Wing of the [Youth World Championship](/source/IHF_Men's_Youth_World_Championship): [2011](/source/2011_Men's_Youth_World_Handball_Championship)
* [Championnat de France](/source/LNH_Division_1) Best Young Player Award: [2012](/source/2011%E2%80%9312_LNH_Division_1)

==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](/source/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}}
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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

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