Regarded as one of the best and most influential handball players of his era, Richardson won fourteen titles at club level and the World Championship in 1995 and 2001 with the French national team.

[5] As the captain of the national team, Richardson was France's flag bearer during the 2004 Olympic Games opening ceremony in Athens.

[5] Richardson started playing handball when he was six years old and was a part of the youth team at Saint-Pierre HBC from 1977 to 1989.

The French Handball Federation celebrated his farewell to the team with a ceremony after the Paris-Bercy tournament attended by sport figures and his mother, who had traveled from their native Réunion.

His son, Melvyn, is a handball player for FC Barcelona and member of the French national team.