Bertrand Fabien Gille (born 24 March 1978 in Valence, Drôme) is a retired handball player from France.
Very strong physically (1.87m, 98 kg),[1] and was honored with the title of World Player of the Year in 2002.
[2] His career as a handball player started very early: in 1984, he played for HBC Loriol and followed sport étude as a scholastic path.
From 1996 to 2002, he played for Chambéry SH (under the guidance of Philippe Gardent, another famous French handball player) before joining the German club HSV Hamburg.
They played together in all three of Bertrand Gille's clubs, HBC Loriol, Chambéry SH and HSV Hamburg.