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Olivier Nyokas
French handball player (born 1986) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Guy Olivier Nyokas (born 28 June 1986) is a French-born Congolese handball player for Olympiacos and the Congolese national team. He has previously played for the French national team, with whom he won the 2017 World Championship.
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Career
Nyokas began his career at the second league team ES Montgeron, before joining PSG in 2006.[2]
He then joined BM Alcobendas in the Spanish top league.[2] In 2009 he returned to France and joined US Créteil HB. In 2014 he joined German Bundesliga team HBW Balingen-Weilstetten.[2] In 2016 he joined HBC Nantes.[3] Here he won the French cup in 2017.
In 2021 he joined the North Macedonian team RK Metalurg Skopje together with his twin brother Alix Kévynn Nyokas.[4] The very same season he joined city rivals RK Vardar Skopje.[5] Here he won the 2022 North Macedonian Cup and Championship.
He then joined Qatari team Al-Najma.[6] In August 2022 he joined Greek champions Olympiacos CFP.[7]
National team
Nyokas debuted for the French national team on November 5th, 2015 against Denmark.[1] He represented France at the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.[8] At the 2016 Olympics he won silver medals.
He won the 2017 World Championship with France.
He then changed to represent DR Congo from 2022 onwards, and represented them at the 2022 African Championship.[9][10]
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Honors
Winner: 2022
- Winner: 2022
References
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