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Anass AHMIDOUCH

Kick-boxing champion

KICK-BOXING

Awards:

Champion title Gladiator Boxing Series (GBS) 2023
Champion title Nuit des Champions (NDC) 2022
Champion tournament TKR (Paris) 2021
Champion tournament Choc des Etoiles 2022
Champion title choc des Etoiles 2023
Champion title Phenix 2021
Champion Spain

Biography:

24 years old, Moroccan and Iiving in Spain (Barcelona), and has been practicing contact sports since 10 years old. He started taekwondo until he started kick boxing at 13, and since then he didn't stopped training, currently motivated to fight and continue growing in this sport, his greatest motivation is his family is always supporting him. His record are 39 fights, 32 victories of which 12 by knockout.

Téo ANDANT

World runner-up 4x400m relay

ATHLETICS

Awards:

French elite 400m champion
World runner-up in 4x400m relay

Biography:

At the age of 24, Téo Andant is a member of the French athletics team. French elite champion in the 400m and runner-up in the 4x400m relay.
Born and raised in Menton in the south of France, he took up athletics in Monaco 11 years ago. To pursue his sporting career and studies, he joined INSEP in Paris in 2017. He obtained a degree in journalism at the same time as his first selections for the French A Team.
2023 was a successful year for him, with a French championship title and two international medals, including a runner-up world title in the 4x400m relay. His goal is to be Olympic champion next year.

Sara BALZER

Olympic and world team vice champion

FENCING

Biography:

Sara Balzer started fencing at the age of 8, following in her older sister's footsteps at the Strasbourg University Club. Her skills were quickly noticed by a fencing master who passed on his passion for fencing. Sara fell under the spell of this sport, which combines technique, tactics, physical strength and combat. After just a few months, she found herself on the podiums of regional and then national competitions in the young categories. Since then, she has never left the fencing ring.

She joined the INSEP after her A-levels in 2014 and joined the French team. She made rapid progress and racked up a string of podium finishes in junior championships. She was selected for the senior world championships for the first time in 2017. The best season of her career then began, but unfortunately it was interrupted by her injury: a cruciate ligament rupture during the 8th final at the world championships. The injury that everyone dreads, a long and painful rehabilitation, trauma and the fear of re-injury.
All the things she has had to go through in her life.

Qualified for the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, she won the team silver medal. A dream come true and a milestone reached. She returned from the Games with stars in her eyes, but above all the determination to return and do even better. Since then, she has been European champion and team vice-champion in 2022 and 2023. European individual vice-champion in 2023 and currently world no. 1 in the individual category.
She is currently preparing for the Paris 2024 Games, where her goal is to win individual and team gold. 

Csaba BANYIK

Teqball world champion

TEQBALL

Awards:

2X world champion (in 2019 in men's doubles and in 2021 in mixed doubles)
European Champion (in 2023 in men's doubles)
World ranking leader in mixed doubles

Biography:

Csaba Bányik is a two-time teqball world champion. When he was young, his sports career began as a judo competitor, and later he became a football player. It became clear early on that he would not become a professional footballer, because he started playing football very late, and he had many injuries during his career, but on a hobby level, he is happy to play at any time. He started playing teqball in 2014, initially at the amateur level and he only had a few training sessions a week, and now he is a professional athlete at the Taksonyi Teqball Sports Club. He can call himself the most successful athlete since the inception of the sport, with 66 tournament victories according to the records of the International Teqball Federation (FITEQ). This year he won the European Championship title with Balázs Katz on his side in men's doubles. In addition, he managed to win two Hungarian championship titles this year as well. In mixed doubles with Krisztina Ács and in men's doubles with Balázz Katz, they managed to win the competition series and qualified for the world championships in Bangkok at the end of the year in both categories. The top of of the sport is currently the world championship, so it is the most important competition of the year, but they hope that in 2028 teqball will be included in the Olympic program and then he could even be an Olympian.

I met teqball at the University of Physical Education in Budapest, where I graduated as a physical education and adapted physical education teacher. After that, I studied sports diplomacy. This year I became a law student. My goal is to become a sports diplomat or a sports lawyer after my sports career.

In my sports career, I am most proud of my two world championship titles, but I hope to further increase my number of gold medals this year.

Fabien BAREL

Three-time downhill mountain bike World champion, ebike 2023 World Cup winner

DOWNHILL MOUNTAIN BIKE

Awards:

8-time French downhill mountain bike champions.
3-time downhill mountain bike world champion.
ebike 2023 World Cup winner

Biography:

Athlete, engineer and entrepreneur, Fabien Barel has been involved in high-level mountain biking for almost 30 years.

A rider with a star-studded career, and a fine tuner, Fabien has always worked with the leading brands to develop not only their bikes, but also the athletes they train.

Now committed to the future of his sport, Fabien has become a key player in the cycling industry, promoting the values of his sport in terms of mobility and health.


As Louis Nucera used to say: "Infinity is just a wheel's reach away, and cycling will always remain a passion and an art of living," Fabien emphasizes.

With an exceptional and unplanned return to the handlebars, Fabien won the very first Ebike Enduro World Cup in 2023. It just goes to show that, even as the years go by, his talent and experience place him among the world's top mountain bike riders.
Athlete, engineer and entrepreneur, Fabien Barel has been involved in high-level mountain biking for almost 30 years.
A rider with a star-studded career, and a fine tuner, Fabien has always worked with the leading brands to develop not only their bikes, but also the athletes they train.

Now committed to the future of his sport, Fabien has become a key player in the cycling industry, promoting the values of his sport in terms of mobility and health.

As Louis Nucera used to say: "Infinity is just a wheel's reach away, and cycling will always remain a passion and an art of living," Fabien emphasizes.

With an exceptional and unplanned return to the handlebars, Fabien surprisingly won the very first Ebike Enduro World Cup in 2023. It just goes to show that, even as the years go by, his talent and experience place him among the world's top mountain bike riders.

Marine BOYER

Professional gymnast, recent World Championship team medalist in 2023

GYMNASTICS

Biography:

Marine Boyer began gymnastics at a very early age at the Melun club. At the age of 8, she joined the sport-study section of the Meaux Gymnastique club, and went on to join the Pôle Espoir de Meaux before joining the INSEP in 2014. At INSEP, she is first coached by Dimitru Pop, Jian Fu and Hong Ma Wang, and since January 2018, by Martine Georges and Cédric Guille.
At the 2016 European Championships, Marine was silver medalist on beam. She also won bronze in the team final with her French teammates.
At the age of 16, Marine competes at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, where she qualifies for the beam final and finishes in 4th place.
At the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, she wins the beam title and the team silver medal.
In August 2018, she competes at the European Championships in Glasgow, where France takes second place in the team final. As an individual, Marine wins bronze in the beam final.

At the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Marine Boyer and her teammates reach 5th place in the team final.
In 2019, at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Marine and teammates Lorette Charpy, Mélanie De Jesus Dos Santos, Aline Friess and Claire Pontlevoy finished 4th in the qualifying round. This remarkable performance earned them team qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. In the final, the French women finished in 5th place worldwide, equaling their 2018 performance.
She took part in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and was recently team bronze medallist at the world championships in Anvers in 2023.

MACK BULLDOG

Harlem Globetrotters

BASKETBALL

Awards:

Guinness World Record, Furthest Behind The Back Alley-Oop (51' 2.45")

Biography:

A tenacious baller, Bulldog brings grit and grind to the Globetrotters' shine. Like many other children growing up with older siblings, Bulldog looked up to his older brother Chris, who taught him the ropes in the hoops world and was a Harlem Globetrotter before Bulldog. When Chris passed away during Bulldog's junior year of high school, it inspired Bulldog to become the baller he is.

As one of the big men on the Globetrotters, Bulldog rocks the rim with ferocity and grabs boards like a fiend. And while his on-court tenacity projects a fierceness, Bulldog is a giver at heart. He regularly works with the YMCA, where he balled as a kid, and with the Boys and Girls Club. Bulldog loves working with kids just as much as he loves scouting out cities for trick shots, such as the legendary Liberty City trick shot, where he made a long-distance shot off a bridge.

And, of course, being a Harlem Globetrotter has its perks, as Bulldog and his teammates get to travel the U.S. and the world. Bulldog takes full advantage of that as the team's resident foodie, finding out of the way places (no chain restaurants), to have delicious food while on tour. Don't believe us...just ask him about that pizza in Italy!

Lisa CAUSSIN-BATTAGLIA

Jet-Ski Stand-up Speed pilot

JETSKI

Awards:

IJSBA European Cup Champion, Ladies Ski Stock in 2023
IJSBA, World Cup, 3rd place in 2022
IJSBA World Cup vice-champion, LADIES category in 2021
Vice-Champion IJSBA World Cup, Mixed Stock in 2019
Vice-Champion IJSBA European Cup, Stock mixed category in 2019
Vice-Champion of France, LADIES GP3 in 2017
Vice-Champion of France in Slalom, LADIES GP3 in 2016
Grand Sud France Champion, LADIES GP2 in 2015
Runner-up at the International JETCross Tour World Cup, LADIES GP3 in 2015
Awards from the Principality:
Bronze medal for Physical Education and Sports in 2020

Biography:

Lisa Caussin-Battaglia is a 28-year-old Monegasque athlete practicing powerboating in the jetski stand-up division. Very involved in the artistic field throughout her childhood; practicing the violin, theater and circus, she discovered Jet-Ski at the age of 16, in 2011, through the Pass'Sport Culture offered by the National Education of Monaco during the summer holidays at within the Jet club. A true love at first sight, she will do everything to join the competition team managed by trainer Michel TORRE and will start racing in 2012.
Wishing to become a philosophy professor at the end of her BAC, Lisa begins her first year of studies at the Sorbonne in Paris to finally realize that she misses the jet too much and that she must return to the Principality to continue your practice. She will obtain a Master's degree in Human and Social Sciences, Philosophy and European Thoughts with a teaching focus, which she will follow directly with a Staps Sports Training License to learn more about her passion for sport.
In 2016 she was recognized as a High Level Sportswoman by the Principality of Monaco, the first woman to be so in a mechanical sport, and after 8 years of higher education she made a radical decision: to devote herself fully to the practice of her Sport for try to climb to the highest steps of the podiums.
Joining the top 10 of the World Ranking, she became an official Pro Driver of the Aquabike World Championship of the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) in 2016 and has since participated in all competitions on this world circuit. In 2019 she decided with her coach to also participate in the World Series of the International Jet Sports Boating Association (IJSBA) in its Ladies category but also in one dedicated to Men. An experience that she will repeat over the following years on the two world circuits. The first jetski pilot to commit to the Carbon Neutral program offered by the Albert II Foundation and then by the Aquabike World Championship, she remains today very involved in the search for solutions to accelerate the ecological transition of her sport.

Aurélie CHABOUDEZ

Three-time French champion and international medalist in 400m hurdles

ATHLETICS

Awards:

Youth Olympic champion in the 400m hurdles in 2010
3-time French champion in the discipline and several international medals.
20 caps for the French national team.
Semi-finalist European Championships Berlin.
Semi-finalist World Championships Beijing.
Semi-finalist European Championships Amsterdam.

Biography:

400m hurdles specialist.
With the French national team since 2010.
Youth Olympic champion in the 400m hurdles in 2010
3-time French champion in the discipline and several international medals.
20 caps for the French national team.
Currently preparing for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Master's degree in management of luxury and fashion companies.

Lorette CHARPY

International medalist

GYMNASTICS

Awards:

10+ years with the French Gymnastics Team
Around 30 national medals; 5 European medals; international medals and a bronze medal in team at the last World Championships.

Morgan CHARRIERE

UFC MMA Fighter

MMA

Biography:

Whenever the art of Mixed Martial Arts is mentioned in France, one name inevitably comes to mind: Morgan CHARRIERE. A proud French fighter, Morgan has become an emblematic figure in national MMA thanks to his undeniable talent, perseverance and dedication to the art of combat.
Originally from France, Morgan discovered his passion for MMA at an early age. He quickly showed unfailing determination to reach the pinnacle of this demanding sport. Thanks to rigorous training, a sharp strategic mind and an iron will, he has faced and defeated some of the best fighters on the international circuit.
But Morgan's career is not limited to his exploits in the ring. He is also an ambassador for MMA in France, striving to promote the sport and dispel preconceptions. His professional and respectful approach has greatly contributed to changing the perception of MMA in France, paving the way for the sport's official recognition and growing popularity in the country.
At the Monaco "SPORTEL" gala, Morgan doesn't just represent himself or his team; he represents the entire French MMA community. His presence here is testament to the evolution of the sport in France, and the prominent place it now occupies on the international stage.
While Morgan CHARRIERE continues to shine in the octagon, he is also an example to all young French fighters who dream of following in his footsteps. His trajectory, made up of challenges met and memorable victories, proves that with passion, determination and hard work, anything is possible.
Tonight, in Monaco, let's celebrate not only the accomplished athlete Morgan is, but also the positive impact he has had on French MMA. An inspiration to all, Morgan CHARRIERE embodies the very best of the sport and the spirit of competition.

Lénaïg CORSON

Former international rugby player

RUGBY

Biography:

Former international rugby player (10 years with the French national team and 7-a-side rugby).
An athlete committed to the environment and promoting women's sport, Lénaïg has just launched "Rugbygirl Academie", the first 100% rugby courses for girls!
She is also an entrepreneur, lecturer, consultant for RMC and M6 and ambassador for Paris 2024.

Gregory CROZIER

World artistic champion and sport ambassador

ARTISTIC SKYDIVING

Awards:

Freefly World Champions 2018
4-time world record holder in large formation flying
World Cup winner 2012
European Championship winner 2012 (outside delegation)
2-time European record holder in large formation flying
4 times French champions
4 times French record-holder in large formation flying
6 times Coupe de France winner

Biography:

Gregory Crozier, born in St Etienne in June 1981, from the age of 6 flies sometimes with his father on leisure planes. At the age of 8, he saw parachutists evolving under canopies in the sky of St Galmier and landing in front of him. But it was at the age of 14 that he discovered, thanks to images from numerous Hollywood movies, what skydiving really was. It was revelation for him, skydiving must be part of his life. He started skydiving at the age of 16 and in 2018 became World Skydiving Champion with his partner Karine Joly. He is very attached to Monaco having worked 7 years as a yacht captain with Monaco Equipage and Ulysse Yachting. Recently, he was honored to be able to participate in the inauguration of Skydive Monaco by realizing one of his dreams: jumping over the Principality!

Coline DEVILLARD

European, French champion and world medalist

GYMNASTICS

Biography:

- Five-time French champion in horse jumping
- Double European champion in show jumping in 2017 and 2023
- European vice champion in vaulting in 2019
- European team vice champion in 2018
- Bronze medal, World Championships, vaulting, 2022
- Bronze medal, World Team Championships, 2023

Stéphane DIAGANA

Two-time World Athletics Champion / Media and sports marketing consultant

ATHLETICS

Awards:

World athletics champion (400m hurdles, Athens 1997)
World athletics champion (4x400m relay, Paris 2003)
European athletics champion (400m hurdles, Munich 2002)
European record-holder in 400m hurdles from 1995 to 2019

Biography:

Born in Aveyron, France, on July 23, 1969, Stéphane Diagana grew up in the Paris region and took up athletics at the age of 10. Trying his hand at all the sport's disciplines, he soon turned to the hurdles, first the 110m hurdles and then the 400m hurdles at the age of 19.
Far from being one of the most gifted in the younger categories, he attributes his success above all to the long hours of work and complicity at INSEP* with his coach Fernand Urtebise, who also led Amadou Dia Ba to Olympic silver in the same discipline at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, making him Senegal's first Olympic medallist.
He became France's first world athletics champion when he won the 400m hurdles on the night of August 4, 1997 in Athens, then became European champion over the same distance on August 9, 2002 in Munich, and finally world champion in the 4x400m relay with team-mates Leslie Djhone, Naman Keita and Marc Raquil on August 31, 2003, in a white-hot Stade de France!
A graduate of ESCP Business School and a DUT in Applied Biology for the Agri-food Industries, he has been a consultant for France Télévisions for 20 years, broadcasting athletics coverage of the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships.
Stéphane Diagana is also a lecturer and sports marketing consultant for numerous companies involved in sport and health.
He is currently a member of the Paris 2024 Athletes' Commission and President of Nice Côte d'Azur Athlétisme.
He has held a number of positions in the field of sport. In particular, he was President of the Ligue Nationale d'Athlétisme when it was created, a member of the WADA Athletes' Commission, and of World Athletics (then IAAF), and a member of the CNOSF Athletes' Commission.
He is one of Peace & Sport's Champions for Peace, and is committed to supporting numerous actions and charities in France and other countries.
Married to former athlete Odile Lesage (Barcelona 1992 Olympian), he has 3 children.

Hassan EL BELGHITI

European Champion

Powerlifting

Biography:

Hassan EL BELGHITI, "The Lion of the Atlas", born on 30 January 1975 in Le Puy. Powerlifting since 1991.
Member of the French national team since 1997.

In addition to his status as a top-level athlete, he is a sports educator and coach, preparing national and international-level athletes for competition.
Before taking up athletic strength training, Hassan tried his hand at football and Thai boxing, before getting a taste of athletic strength, which has since become his favourite sport.
With 55 international competitions, Hassan has the most French medals of all time, with 23 French Championship titles and 37 international medals from the European Championships, World Championships and WORLD GAMES.

World record holder in the deadlift with 318.5 kg.
1st Frenchman to be inducted into the HALL OF FAMES by the European and International Powerlifting Federation in 2019.

Pierre FROLLA

World record holder

FREEDIVING

Awards:

3 Freediving World Records in the category Free Immersion
1 Freediving World Records in the Variable Weight category
1 European Freediving Record in the Free Immersion category
3 French records in freediving in the variable weight category

Biography:

Born on February 14, 1975, Pierre FROLLA is a freediver from Monaco, author of four world records in freediving. Freediving, scuba diving and first aid instructor, he is the coordinator of the underwater activities of Monaco and diving advisor of Prince Albert 2 of Monaco. In 2002 he founded the Sea Monegasque Academy which works to raise awareness of the marine world by teaching diving to children, starting at the age of eight. He regularly works with companies as a lecturer and event organizer, while maximizing his commitment to charitable causes.

Since 2005, Pierre FROLLA has been an activist committed to the protection of the oceans, and particularly of sharks.
Terrorized as a child by sharks following the famous movie Jaws, Pierre FROLLA decided as an adult to confront his phobia and to discover them by diving among them, without protection, and freediving. Following these first contacts, he returned transformed and said he was horrified at the idea of seeing these majestic beings disappear, inspiring humility and fascination. Since then, he has been involved in the cause of sharks, in raising awareness and protecting these animals.

In November 2012, he swam for 45 minutes next to 25 sharks in the Paris Aquarium to show their harmlessness to raise public awareness of their protection. After specializing in free-diving shark tagging, he decided to travel the world in order to stage himself in the midst of the giants of the oceans and bring back magnificent photos and videos, the aim of which is to raise public awareness of the beauty of the ocean floor.

Carine GALLI

Television host & Sports journalist

Biography:

Carine Galli, born on 10 February 1985 in Gassin (Var), is a French television presenter and sports journalist who works for the M6 group and La chaîne l'équipe.
From 2015 to 2018, she presented the programme 100% foot on W9.
In 2019, she will present Top départ: lâchez les chevaux! on M6.
She worked as a groundskeeper for the French football team from 2016 to 2022, notably during Euro 2016 in France and Euro 2020, which was held in 2021 in various European cities.
Since 2017, she has been presenting Les Bleues matches and also acting as an on-field assistant.
In June 2021, she will host the programme Domino Challenge: "La folie continue", broadcast in the second half of the evening on M6.
This programme is about the highlights of Europe's annual domino-dropping event:
Domino Day, as well as behind-the-scenes coverage of Domino Challenge.
In 2021, she presented Guest Star on Equidia.
Since 2022, she has been taking part in football evenings on RTL.

Torch GEORGE

Harlem Globetrotters

BASKETBALL

Biography:

Widely heralded as the "Queen of the Crossover" and owner of some of the best handles on Earth, Torch George brings the fire every time she steps onto the court with her razor-sharp shooting skills and ankle-breaking dribbling moves.

In 2018, Torch made Globetrotter history when she became the first of the team's female stars to own her own Guinness World Record title. In celebration of Guinness' annual World Record Day, Torch set the record for the most basketball under the leg tumbles in one minute (female), with 32.

The 5 foot 3-inch guard attended Iowa Western Community College (IWCC), where she led the Reivers to a 26-5 record her sophomore year while averaging 25.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 4.3 steals per game. She finished her sophomore year with four single-game records and was later inducted into IWCC's Hall of Fame in 2019. After a brief stint at Purdue University, she transferred to Oklahoma City University, where she earned a degree in Kinesiology.

Torch's on-court success has led to her off-court development as an entrepreneur and inspiration, with the recent launch of her "Hood to History" clothing line. This successful apparel line aims to show young people how to dominate without a ball in their hands. With an eye on the future, she hopes to bring her fire to the sideline in a Division 1 coaching role.

Arthur GUERIN-BOERI

Freediving world champion

FREEDIVING

Awards:

5-time World champion
8 world records
The most successful Frenchman in the history of freediving

Biography:

Arthur discovers freediving during his childhood. Already very close at the time to the aquatic element, in Nice, his hometown, or in Corsica where he lived as a child.
He began his freediving career in 2011 at the age of 26. Since then, he has accumulated 5 world championship titles, and 8 world records.
In 2016, he was the first to reach the symbolic mark of 300m in dynamic apnea. Universal world record in the discipline.
In 2017, he sets his first freediving world record under ice, with his wetsuit and his monofin, at 175m.
Since March 2021, Arthur has been at the heart of an epic project to attempt a double world record in freediving under ice. On breaststroke this time. In March 2021, he therefore set a new world record with his wetsuit, at 120m. Then, on March 8 2022, in Morrison's quarry in Quebec, he swam 105m, still breaststroke, but this time without a wetsuit, wearing a simple swimsuit.
Universal world record of the discipline. The performance is relayed in the French and international media thanks to AFP (Agence France Presse, second world's biggest press agency with Reuters).
He is the most successful Frenchman in the history of freediving.
Today, on the strength of his experience and his stature, Arthur turns to sharing and seeks to raise public awareness of the beauty and values of his discipline, in demanding, sensitive audio-visual productions, where the human adventure goes hand in hand with sporting achievement.
Since 2017, he has been working as a speaker, on topics such as self transcendence, stress management, risk-taking, self-confidence...
At the same time, he offers practical workshops for relaxation through breathing exercices, accessible to all and directly derived from his own training methods, allowing him to surpass himself in the exercise of his discipline and in his daily life.
In 2017, his first book Le Bien-Être Sous l'Eau was released, followed in 2018 by a first feature film: Aquae Rex.
A 52' documentary currently in production at Almo Film, looking back at the last two underice freediving world records. Release scheduled for October 2023.

Marlène HARNOIS

Olympic medalist

TAEKWONDO

Biography:

Champion for Peace and Taekwondo Olympic medalist, Marlene Harnois is one of those people who truly have a positive impact in the world. She was elevated to the rank of Knight of the National Order of Merit by the President of France and she is representing Monaco's Peace and Sport International Organisation, placed under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco.

Originally born in Montreal, Canada, Marlene Harnois, earned an MBA Degree with honours from the International University of Monaco. She followed an incredible journey that led her to the Principality of Monaco. Hers is an inspiring path filled with spectacular sporting and philanthropist achievements.

As a Champion for Peace, she is committed to promote the positive values of sport and contribute to development and peace across the globe, in areas affected by poverty and social instability. Marlene is also two-times European Champion, World University Champion, a World Taekwondo Championship medalist and has reached the world number one ranking.

Driven by the desire to give back to society and inspire youth in the realization of their dreams, in 2014, she founded an NGO in Abidjan to contribute to the development of sport and education in West Africa. She then mentored two young taekwondo prodigies on their Olympic journey and highly contributed to the historical victories of Ivory Coast at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, when Cheick Cissé won the first Olympic gold medal and Ruth Gbagbi became the first women Olympic medalist. Together, they have since inaugurated social libraries to promote education and support literacy class, in addition to leading field actions to further develop sport across the country.

Following this success, she realized the positive impact sport could have on an entire nation by uniting its populations, inspiring younger generations and achieving sustainable goals. Therefore, she launched, in 2017, the Caravan for Peace in partnership with Peace and Sport, to support local sustainable initiatives in emerging countries, such as inaugurating water fountains near sport fields.

In 2018, during the celebration of the International Day for Philosophy at the UNESCO, she was announced as the Ambassador of the International center for youth philosophy "PhiloJeunes".

She is also a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee, the European Taekwondo Union, and board member of the French Olympian Association.

Jessica HOUARA-D'HOMMEAUX

Former international French football player, TV consultant

FOOTBALL

Awards:

2 Champions Leagues 2017 and 2018
2 French championships 2017 and 2018
2 French Cups 2010 and 2017
64 Selections for the French team

Biography:

Jessica Houara-d'Hommeaux is a French international football player , born September 29, 1987 in Angers. She played as a defender.
She played at PSG during 7 years. With the Parisian club, she won a French Cup in 2010.
On July 1, 2016, she signed for Olympique Lyonnais and won 2 Champions Leagues (2017 and 2018), 2 French championships (2017 and 2018) and a FrenchCup (2017)
With the French national team, she participated at the 2013 and 2017 Euros, the 2015 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics Games, totaling 64 caps.
Since 2017, she is a football consultant for the Canal+ channel. She can be found commenting on men's or women's games, or on TV Show to give her tactical and technical analyzes on football or multisport.

Since the end of her career, Jessica has been a business speaker to provide her experience on different subjects such as the place of women in business, bouncing back after a failure for example.

Jessica is also very involved in humanitarian causes (Unicef, NGOs, etc.)

Tifany HUOT-MARCHAND

European champion and World vice-champion

SPEED SKATING

Awards:

French Elite Champion 2020, 2021, 2022
European Champion Relay, 2022
World Vice-Champion Relay, 2022
2-time Olympian Olympic Games, PyeongChang, 2018 + Olympic Games, Beijing, 2022

Biography:

A top-level sportswoman since 2010, she has twice taken part in the Olympic Games (PyeongChang, 2018 and Beijing, 2022).
During her sporting career, she has won numerous individual and team medals.
In 2021, she became European Champion and World Vice-Champion for the first time with the women's relay team.
Unfortunately, in October 2022, Tifany had a serious accident during a competition.
Verdict: displaced cervical fracture 5 + spinal cord injury = paraplegic.
After many months of rehabilitation, she was able to regain her independence.
Following this, she went to Indonesia to train to become a yoga teacher.
She is now preparing to take a training course in mental preparation, with the aim of helping sportsmen and women to achieve their full potential.

Karine JOLY

World champion and sport ambassador

ARTISTIC SKYDIVING

Awards:

Freefly World Champion
World Cup winners with Greg Crozier
4 times world record holder in large formation flying with Greg Crozier
2-time European record holder in large formation flying with Greg Crozie
Multiple French champions

Biography:

Karine Joly, originally from Lyon, studied interior design and object design in Paris before working at Espen Oeino International in Monaco.
She discovered skydiving with a tandem when she was 18 and fell in love with the flying feeling. At the age of 23, Karine learns to jump alone. As her passion for the sport keeps growing, she meets her partner in an airplane. Together, they start a competition team. Their progress and results encourage them to go high level. In 2015, Karine goes to skydiving full time to seek the Gold Medal on international podiums.
Alternating wind tunnel lessons and training, she wins the ultimate title and becomes Freefly World Champion (artistic skydiving) in 2018 in Australia.
Since then, the champion is doing coaching and demonstrations all over the world.
As South Region sport ambassador, she likes to transmit what drives her to the greatest number of people, through indoor flying, medias and conferences; and wish to inspire many women to dare more.

Djenna LAROUI

French Champion

GYMNASTICS

Awards:

French all-around champion 2023
Silver medal on uneven bars at the Varna World Cup 2023.

Koumba LARROQUE

World vice-champion and european champion

WRESTLING

Awards:

Vice World Champion
European Champion
Military World Champion
2 times Under 23 World Champion
Under 23 European Champion
2 times Junior World Champion
2 times European Junior Champion
Cadet World Champion
Cadet European Champion

Biography:

Koumba Larroque is a French wrestler. At only 22 years of age, her career has taken off since the youth categories.

Koumba started wrestling at the age of 9. Full of energy, she quickly developed a passion for the game of opposition. Her trainers immediately recognised her agility for combat sports. In the cadet, junior and under 23 categories, the wrestler won a series of European and world championship titles. Very precocious and eager to rub shoulders with the world's top wrestlers, she will even be upgraded to the elite category for the next competitions. At only 20 years old, she became European vice-champion and world vice-champion. She then won the European championship title in 2021, and then won a beautiful bronze medal at the world championship in September 2022.

Odile LESAGE

7 times French champion, world record holder

ATHLETICS

Awards:

World record holder (pentathlon, 1990-1991)
Semi-finalist at Barcelona Olympic Games (heptathlon, 1992)
European heptathlon team runner-up (heptathlon, 1995)
European Club Champion with Stade Français (high jump, 1993)
7 times French Athletics Champion between 1989 and 1995 (heptathlon, pentathlon, high jump)

Biography:

A former international athlete (heptathlon, Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games) and graduate of ESCP Paris, Odile Diagana had already worked for over 15 years in her chosen sport (Gaz de France, Nike France, French Athletics Federation) when she moved to the south of France in 2008 with her husband and 3 children. Their aim was to develop a unique "sport and health campus" concept, combining performance sport and sport for health. The 2 former athletes discovered the benefits of therapeutic physical activity through patient associations and doctors who approached them to promote sport for health, and thus found meaning in their reconversion. With this in mind, in 2012 they launched and piloted a scientific study ("As du Coeur") aimed at measuring the medico-economic and psycho-social effectiveness of a physical activity program adapted to patients suffering from cardiovascular disease.
The study, published in 2018 in BMC Cardiovascular, demonstrates a 30% saving in healthcare costs thanks to the APA program and a better long-term quality of life thanks to psycho-behavioral support. In 2015, the scientific team behind the As du Coeur study created the Azur Sport Santé association, with Odile Diagana as general coordinator. Its vocation: to promote and support the development of physical activity and sport as a lifelong health tool. Since then, she has been a member of the Mission Delandre and the Collectif Pour ne France en Forme, both of which aim to accelerate the promotion of healthy sports in France.
Odile Diagana also holds a sports educator's diploma, and continues to regularly practice and coach "fit'athlé" (a mix of running and physical fitness) with Nice Côte d'Azur Athlétisme (NCAA). She is also heavily involved in sports associations (Fédération Française d'Athlétisme, NCAA) and charities (Le Nid D'Espoir, Le Sport a du Coeur). She recently trained in coaching (change management), which she hopes to put to good use for athletes and patients alike.

Florence MASNADA

Triple bronze medalist at the Olympic games and the world championships

ALPINE SKIING

Awards:

Triple bronze medallist at the Olympic Games and World Championships (92/98/99) in Alpine skiing

Biography:

A sportswoman before being a skier, Florence Masnada has always chosen an unusual route. She is organised when it comes to combining high-level sport with her studies, energetic and willing at the start of a sporting competition, generous when sharing with sick children from her "étoiles des neiges" association and passionate when consulting for companies.
Triple an Olympic medallist, she is also the only Frenchwoman to have won the combined world cup in 1991.
Today, she remains close to the world of skiing as a consultant for Eurosport and creator of the podcast "Belle trace", where she meets the greatest French champions. She is also committed to the preservation of the planet with the Waterfamily association.

Hassan N'DAM N'JIKAM

Multiple world champion

BOXING

Awards:

WBA
WBO
WBC SILVER

Biography:

African junior champion in amateur boxing in 2002 and quarter-finalist in the world junior championships the same year, Hassan won the African amateur boxing title in Yaoundé in the middleweight category and only lost in the quarter-finals at the Olympic Games in Athens.

Hassan turned professional in December 2004. He had several fights in France and scored several victories by knockout against strong opponents. In 2010 he became a challenger for the WBA international title and won the title by knocking out Argentinean Omar Gabriel in the 8th round. Following this, he became world champion the same year against avtandil khurtize.In 2012 he became WBO world champion against maxime BURSAk. In 2012 he became WBO world champion against Maxime Bursak. He continued to win until he signed a contract in the United States with the new promoter Michael King of King Sport Worldwide. He is then ranked number 7 in the IBF federation. On 17 December 2016, he became WBA middleweight world champion against Alfonso Blanco with a knockout that was voted as the best of 2016 by ESPN. On 20 May 2017, he won the regular WBA title by beating Japanese Ryoto Murata on points by split decision in Tokyo. As this last victory was very controversial, the WBA ordered a rematch the day after the match after apologising to the Japanese's fans.

In 2018 with Team Ambitious Monaco he defeated England's Martin Murray to win the WBC silver middleweight belt. Hassan Ndam continues his career with his trainer Jean Marc Toesca and wants to make the colours of the principality shine beyond the borders.

Alexis NICOLAS

Multiple Savate/French boxing world champion and two-time MTGP world champion

BOXING

Biography:

Having never practised a sport in his life, Milan Prat came across Savate Boxe Française by chance 11 years ago. It was while talking to two friends from secondary school who practised this discipline in the local club that he got hooked. Thanks to his hard work, he soon started competing. As his efforts were rewarded by good results, the desire to get more involved only grew.
Today, he's come a long way in a very short time, but he's still a long way from the goal he set himself: to be the best boxer of his generation.
He has become the undisputed world number one in savate boxe française in the under 77 kg class.
In search of new goals, but also of recognition and media coverage, he then decided to turn to kick boxing to compete against the world's best boxers in this new discipline.
In 2023, he became the champion of one of Europe's biggest organizations: the "Muaythai Grand Prix".
He overcame complicated trials and many disappointments, such as a cruciate ligament rupture, followed by two long years at Covid. But his determination knows no bounds: he's determined to achieve his goals.

Morgane OSYSSEK-REIMER

3rd in the world team gymnastics championship

GYMNASTICS

Awards:

2023 :
World Cup stage in Jerusalem
Bronze medal on floor
Silver medal on vault
French Elite Championships:
3rd in vault final
World Championship :
3rd in team

Biography:

Morgane is 20 years old and comes from Haguenau in Alsace. She is a member of the Union Haguenau club. She has been on the French women's artistic gymnastics team for almost 10 years. She started gymnastics at the age of 2 and then joined a sport-study section. In 2012, she joined the Pôle Espoir at the CREPS in Dijon for 4 years, before moving on to the INSEP in Paris in 2016, where she is currently training.

Gwendal PEIZERAT

Olympic and world champioc

ICE SKATING

Awards:

Olympic Champion
World Champion

Biography:

Olympic figure skating champion in 2002, Gwendal Peizerat is the first Frenchman to have obtained this title in ice dancing with his partner Marina Anissina.
A two-time European and World Champion, he shone on podiums around the world and won all the stages of the World Cups before appearing in the biggest skating shows and tours in the world. He was also elevated to the rank of Knight of the Order of Merit in 1998 and Knight of the Legion of Honor in 2002 by the President Jacques Chirac.

In parallel with his career as a high-level athlete, Gwendal Peizerat has always followed a university course: first with a master's degree in sports management then in a major business school, dropping out the same year as the Olympic title his diploma at the E.M. Lyon.

In 2004 he created his first company "Soléus" specializing in the control of sports facilities. After a successful merger acquisition in 2008, he created and chaired the iSce S.A. group, which he still manages today.

Bilingual and a popular speaker, he speaks for Eurosport International and very regularly at conferences during seminars and conventions on the theme "Success together". Combining his experience of 32 years of daily work as a couple and that of leader of a team of 4 partners, he was able to respond to requests from companies such as PSA, Areva, SFR business team, Sanofi Aventis, EDF and HSBC in their problems of cohesion and teamwork whether for an audience of technicians, salespeople or managers.

Adventurer he has made several expeditions at very high altitude in the Himalayas and is a "summiter" of Muztagh Ata (7546m) and Ama Dablam (6856m).
He participated in the Koh Lanta survival shows "Le choc des heroes" (TF1) and The Island (M6).

Author, composer and performer Gwendal Peizerat self-produced two albums of French songs "Quand elle me..." in 2018 and "Anticigale" in 2022.
He regularly performs on stage with his musicians.

Milan PRAT

European Super Welterweight Boxing Champion

BOXING

Awards:

French Super Welterweight Boxing Champion

Adil RAMI

World champion

FOOTBALL

Biography:

Adil Rami, born on 27 December 1985 in Bastia, Corsica, is a French footballer who has enjoyed an exceptional career.
Adil Rami began his professional career with Lille in 2006, where he quickly emerged as one of the best defenders in Ligue 1. His top-level performances earned him a move to Valencia in Spain's La Liga in 2010, where he has continued on the European stage. His defensive robustness and impressive aerial play have made him a major defender in the Spanish league, where he has on several occasions come up against legendary players such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
Over the years, Adil Rami has also had the opportunity to play for various prestigious clubs in Europe, including AC Milan, FC Sevilla and Olympique de Marseille, whom he helped reach the Europa League final in 2018.
More recently, Adil Rami has played for Boavista in Portugal and Troyes in France. With Boavista Futebol Clube, he brought his experience and solidity to the team's defence. His time at Troyes was marked by his commitment to helping the club stay in Ligue 1 for the 2021/2022 season.
In the national team, Adil Rami has been a pillar of the French defence for many years. A finalist at Euro 2016, he played a crucial role in France's triumph at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which remains one of the most memorable moments of his career. His contribution to the national team's victory was hailed by the fans and the players themselves.
Off the pitch, and alongside his media activities, Adil Rami has also distinguished himself through his philanthropic commitment and involvement in charitable causes, using his notoriety to support various causes, most recently the fight against bullying.
Adil Rami's career is an example of perseverance and success in the world of football.

Mélina ROBERT-MICHON

World and Olympic vice-champion in discus throw

ATHLETICS

Awards:

4 international medals: Rio 2016, Olympic vice-champion, World (silver in 13 and bronze in 2017), Europe (silver in 2014).
22 times French champion (summer), undisputed leader in France
Participated in 6 Olympiads and 9 world finals; on the French team for 25 years.
French record holder since 2000 (66.73 in 2016).

Biography:

A leading French discus thrower, Mélina is an Olympic vice-champion and two-time world medalist. Her career longevity is impressive: for 25 years in the French Team, she has taken part in 9 world finals and is preparing for her 7th Olympic Games, those of Paris 2024. One of a kind! She has also collected a record 38 national titles!
Mother of two daughters and coached by her partner, Loïc Fournet, Mélina is committed to the question of maternity for sportswomen, media coverage of women's sport and the fight against doping.

Didier ROUSTAN

Journalist L'EQUIPE TV

MEDIA

Biography:

Didier Roustan and football have a long love affair. After playing in the best youth teams at AS Cannes until he came of age, he started out as a journalist at TF1 in 1976, aged just 18. He quickly rose through the ranks, becoming one of the pillars of TéléFoot and commentating on major prime-time matches alongside Pierre Cangioni, Michel Denisot and then Michel Hidalgo. His magazines, originality, humour, precociousness and outspokenness made him a force to be reckoned with. In 1989 he moved to Canal +, where he designed the magazine Mag Max, before moving to France Télévision in 1992 as head of football, where he created the programme Terre de Foot. The explosive pairing he formed with Éric Cantona during the 1994 World Cup caused a sensation. In 1995, together with Maradona, he set up a world footballers' union, and in 2003, together with Arsène Wenger, he set up the association "Foot Citoyen", a social project to help young people in difficulty. On L'Équipe TV from 1999 onwards, he invented a programme called Enfin du Foot, which was not only a great success but also a forerunner of sports talk shows on television. Ever creative, from 2005 he will be appearing on various cable and satellite channels. For a number of years now, he has been commentating on 2 matches a week on TV5 Monde, and since 2008 he has been back on the L'Équipe group TV channel, now called La Chaîne L'Équipe. He can be found several times a week as President for Life on L'Équipe du soir, where his opinions are always in great demand, as well as on Lequipe.fr, where his blogs and podcasts are very popular. With his unique personality, his knowledge of football and television, and his incredible career and longevity, Didier Roustan, often referred to as 'La Bible', 'Le Master' or 'La Légende', has been one of the most popular sports journalists for almost half a century now.

Jimmy VIENOT

World champion in thaï boxing / Combattant professionnel de MMA

THAI BOXING / MMA

Awards:

Seven-time world champion
Five-time European champion
Five times French Thai boxing champion, he is one of France's most successful boxers at just 28 years of age.

Biography:

7-time world Thai boxing champion and 1-time Lumpinee champion (Thailand's most important stadium)
114 professional fights for 91 victories, including 32 KO.
He now turned his career in MMA. After being the world's best Thai boxer in his category, he would like to repeat the same record in MMA.
"As I always say, this is just the beginning!" - Jimmy Vienot

Pernilla WIBERG

2-time Olympic champion

ALPINE SKIING

Awards:

2 Olympic gold medals
4 World Champion titles
1 World Cup overall individual SL World Cup title
24 World Cup competition victories in all five disciplines

Biography:

Pernilla Wiberg, born 15 October 1970 in Norrköping, is a Swedish alpine skier and technical event specialist. Between 1991 and 1999, she won two Olympic titles, one World Cup title and four World Championship titles, making her one of the most successful skiers in the world.

Katarina WITT

2-time Olympic Champion

ICE SKATING

Awards:

2 time Olympic Gold Medalist
4 time World Champion
6 time European Champion
8 time National Champion

Biography:

Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist, four-time World Champion, six-time European Champion, eight-time National Champion - straight numbers for Katarina Witts' unparalleled achievements in Figure Skating
The most successful female skater of the modern era not only mesmerized her audience during her1984 and 1988 Olympic programs, long after The Games, Katarina Witt skated for more than 10 years with "Stars on Ice", "Champions on Ice" and sold-out Madison Square Garden with her fellow Olympic Champion Brian Boitano. She looked back at 37 years of success on the ice when she finally hung up her skates.
Katarina Witt received The International Fair Play Award, The Golden Sportpyramide, Womens World Award (World Business Award), Goldene Henne, Golden Kamera, Bambi Award, she was the recipient of an Emmy Award for „Carmen on Ice" and the Olympic Medal of the IOC, as well as the award for Most Favorite Female Skater of the Century, Germany Most Favorite Female Athlete in the USA and recently the ANOC Award for Outstanding Performance.
Beyond her skating carrier, Katarina Witt produced for TV, acted in Ronin with Robert De Niro and Jean Reno, as well as in German Language Films. She served as an expert for German and American television and published 5 books. In 2019 Katarina Witt started her own health gym "KURVENSTAR" in Potsdam Germany and is very involved in the foundation carrying her name, which she founded in 2005, supporting Youth with Disabilities.
Her philanthropical and entrepreneurial spirit coupled with her discipline drive her to this day. Katarina Witt is a patron for United on Ice and the Parieté Gala, amongst others, she was chairwoman of the Munich 2018 bid for the Olympic Games, serves on the Advisory Board of the Deutsche Sporthilfe and is also a founding member of the Laureus Sports for Good Foundation. Mrs. Witt is an International Ambassador for the Postcode Lottery and supported the Special Olympics in Berlin as a member of the World Games Committee. this year she inaugurated INKLUSIV GEWINNT with her foundation.