Xavier Barachet (born 19 November 1988) is a French retired handball player, two-time World champion and European champion with the French national team.
On 1 January 2013, Barachet was made a Knight (Chevalier) of the Légion d'honneur.[2]
Barachet started at Cavigal Nice Sports HB and joined Chambéry Savoie Handball in the Ligue Nationale de Handball in 2006. In 2012 he joined Spanish side Atlético Madrid.[3] Here he played for a single season, in which he won the Copa del Rey de Balonmano.
Due to financial troubles for the club, he returned to France a year later and signed for Paris Saint-Germain. For the 2013/14 he was loaned to league rivals Saint-Raphaël Var Handball.[4][5]
Three years later he joined Saint-Raphaël Var Handball permanently.[6] He retired in 2022.[7]
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