Claude Onesta

: January 9, 2024
: Handball Player

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Full Name	Claude Onesta
Occupation	Handball Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 6, 1957(1957-02-06)
Age	67
Birthplace	Albi
Country	France
Birth City	Occitania
Horoscope	Aquarius

Claude Onesta Biography

Name	Claude Onesta
Birthday	Feb 6
Birth Year	1957
Place Of Birth	Albi
Home Town	Occitania
Birth Country	France
Birth Sign	Aquarius
Spouse	Marie Helene Onesta

Claude Onesta is one of the most popular and richest Handball Player who was born on February 6, 1957 in Albi, Occitania, France. Claude Onesta was born in 1957 in Albi in Albi, France. He was the son of Ginette who was a Tarnaise, and Augustus who was who was an Italian immigrants ( his father’s family immigrated from Italy due to Fascism and was first absorbed through Brazil). His father was a rugby league (Xlll) player in Albi and Villefranche-de-Rouergue.

Before winning the Championship Title, he took the position in the absence of Daniel Costantini as the head coach of the French team. Under his leadership, France received 2 new world championships, with bronze medals both in 2003 as well as 2005. a time which also marked the end of the tenure to Jackson Richardson to the team. In the World Cup in Tunisia, Onesta was on the brink of being dismissed following the terrible start for the French team during the preliminary round, where they lost to Greece and had to draw with the Tunisians. On the 29th of January, 2005, the French had to choose whether to go home or double up, which was the only option in the match against Denmark (32-26) in order to keep their coach’s name and win third place by securing a victory (26-25) in the match against Tunisians who were the hosts of the tournament.

The 2007 World Championship which occurred the next year remains a difficult episode for Onesta and the French, as they were defeated by the German team, largely because of the referees who were biased in favor of the German team, and as a result made many unfair calls. At the end of that match, Onesta declared: “A sense of injustice was present but we are still proud. It was a heroic game. This worldwide game is made for the Germans and the pressure of international authority certainly played. We knew we had won by a 3-4 goal lead.”

Onesta led the team to the Olympic Title for the first time in 2008, at Pekin. The French Team, first in its group, faced the Russian Team in the quarter final, defeating them 27-24. They went on to face the Croatian team once again at the semi-final. The French team took their revenge on the European Handball Champions, defeating them 25-23, largely thanks to a stunning performance by Cedric Burdet, a player who Onesta brought back into handball after he was thought to end his career a few months earlier. At the finals, France faced off against Iceland and defeated them 28-23, winning their first Olympic title ever.

Onesta’s cousin Gerard Onesta is a historic leader of the Greens (and currently they are now the Europe Ecology Greens) in the south-west. He was an European Parliamentarian from 1999 until 2009 and was a four-time vice- president in the European Parliament. There is also an elder brother named Bruno Onesta, who is an instructor of technology at an French High School located in Puducherry, India.

Claude Onesta Net Worth

Net Worth	$5 Million
Source Of Income	Handball Player
House	Living in own house.

Claude Onesta is one of the richest Handball Player from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Claude Onesta 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Claude Onesta, (born 6 February 1957 in Albi, France), is a French handball coach who was in charge of the French Men’s Handball team from 2001 until 2016.

The Toulouse Handball Club has always been the home of Onesta The player began playing in 1968, aged 11, and continued to play until 1987 which was when he took over as the coach of the club. Under his guidance the club made it to the elites in the year 1995. In the mid 1990s handball was a growing area of sport that was behind Toulouse FC and Toulousain Stadium. The top of the skilled players included Jerome Fernandez, Christophe Kempe, Bruno Martini and Stephane Plantin. Onesta was the best of his team, guiding them to third place at the French Championships 1997-1998, and mostly as the winners of the France Cup 1998, having the highest results for the club. If Onesta and Toulousains had made it to the final of in the France Cup 1999, the team wouldn’t have been successful in proving their top performance, particularly since the Toulouse sports initiative was cancelled in the early 2000s due to the dissolution of the basketball team.

At the 2006 European Championship, he made his mark on French Handball by achieving a goal which his predecessor could not: winning a medal in a European Championship, and this was especially impressive considering that the European Championship was deemed the most difficult competition, and that handball was a sport in which all the best teams were European. This goal was accomplished in the most beautiful of fashions, by beating Spain who held the world title, after eliminating the Olympic Champions, the Croatians, at the semi-finals.

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Who is Claude Onesta Dating?

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Some believed that the “Experts”, as the French team was called, had finally run out of luck after a poor performance at the Euro 12 ( they placed 11th), but Onesta quieted the naysayers after he led the French team to their second Olympic Title at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, with a victory over Sweden 22-21 during the final in August. Onesta’s team was described by many commentators as the best team in history. At the end of the match, Ivano Balic commented : “ It’s the best team of all time!”. Six months later, the Blues were at the World Championship in Spain. They bowed out at the quarter-finals when they lost to the Croats. After 12 seasons of domination and with a record Onesta described as “a surreal 20”, he stated his belief that “in the coming years, alternation, therefore, should predominate. And we will share the podium.”

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Claude Ranked on the list of most popular Handball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. Claude Onesta celebrates birthday on February 6 of every year.

And yet, on the 26th of January 2014, Onesta once again led the French team to the European Championship Title. The Blues were the underdogs when they faced off against Denmark, considering their recent loss at the World Championship and the fact that Denmark had the luxury of playing in their own stadium, but they dominated the championship, and, in the final, managed to defeat the Danes in a sure victory. Leading 13-4 after 17 minutes and 23-16 at halftime, the Blues demonstrated, silencing the 15,000 fans in red and white. “Public pressure became negative for the Danes.” recounted Onesta at the end of the match, “Some players, like Landin, were thrown off balance.” Onesta’s methods were discussed: Notably his tendency to conserve the key players ( Nikola Karabatic, Luc Abalo, Thierry Omeyer…) and integrate the younger players such as Valentin Porte and Luka Karabatic.

Top Facts about Claude Onesta

Claude Onesta is a retired French handball player.
He won two Olympic gold medals as a coach.
Onesta coached the French national team for 15 years.
He led France to three World Championship titles.
Onesta also won two European Championship titles with France.
He was named IHF World Coach of the Year in 2008 and 2015.
Onesta played for the French national team from 1979-1987.
He scored over 300 goals in his international career.
Onesta began coaching at age 25, leading Toulouse to success.
He is known for his tactical expertise and motivational skills.

What sport did Claude Onesta's father?

His father was a rugby league (Xlll) player in Albi and Villefranche-de- Rouergue.

In what year did Claude Onesta win his first tournament with France?

Posted on 3. February 2015. He did it again: Claude Onesta once more put his name in the handball history book: Since he took over the French team in 2001 , they have become world champions (2009, 2011, 2015) and European champions (2006, 2010, 2014) three times each and Olympic champions twice.