France will present a record number of 396 athletes, 228 men and 168 women, at the Rio Olympic Games, announced the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF).
This delegation will be the largest in history since the Barcelona Games, where 352 athletes were engaged, and will far exceed that of London 2012 (332).
The Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur delegation is currently composed of 49 athletes who will compete in 18 disciplines.
For the Paralympic Games, after consulting the French Handisport Federation, the Paralympic selection committee issued, subject to all criteria set by the FFH and the CPSF being met, a favorable opinion on the initial selection proposals below.
ATHLETICS
Marvin René – 4×100 m – SCO Ste-Margueritte Marseille (13); Mathilde Andraud – Javelin- Nice Côte d’Azur athletics (06); Cindy Billaud – 100m hurdles – Sco Ste Marguerite Marseille (13)
ROWING
Elodie Ravera-Scaramozzino – Double sculls – Nice CN (06)
BMX
Substitute: Sylvain André – BMX – BMX club Cavaillon (84)
CANOE-KAYAK SLALOM
Denis Gargaud-Chanut – C1 Slalom – Marseille Mazargues CK (13)
Substitute: Émilie Fer – K1 Slalom – SPOC La Colle sur Loup (06)
FENCING
Erwann Le Péchoux – Foil team and individual – Ecrime pays d’Aix (13)
EQUESTRIAN
Substitute: AYACHE Alexandre – Dressage – Écurie de la pirouette (06)
GYMNASTICS
Samir Aït Saïd – Artistic team and individual – Olympique Antibes Juan-les-Pins gymnastics (06)
HANDBALL
Adrien Dipanda – Right back – Saint-Raphael VHB (83)
JUDO
Loïc Pietri – 81 kg – Olympic judo Nice (06)
WRESTLING
Cynthia Vescan – Women’s wrestling 69 to 75 kg – Nice Olympic wrestling Côte d’Azur (06); Zelimkhan Khadjiev – Freestyle wrestling 65 to 74 kg – Wrestling club of Nice (06)
MODERN PENTATHLON
Valentin Prades – Individual – Aix en Provence UC (13)
SWIMMING
Charlotte Bonnet – 100 / 200 NL / Relay – Cloé Hache – 4×200 NL – Anna Santamans – 50 NL / Relay – Marie Wattel – 100 butterfly / Relay – all licensed at Olympic Nice Natation (06), Béryl Gastaldello – 100 NL / 100 butterfly / Relay – Circle of Swimmers of Marseille (13)
Frédérick Bousquet – 50 NL – Théo Bussière – 4×100 4N – Fabien Gilot – 4×100 NL –
Camille Lacourt – 100 backstroke / Relay Grégory Mallet – 4×200 NL – Florent Manaudou – 50 NL / Relay – Mehdy Metella – 100 butterfly / Relay – William Meynard – 4×100 NL –
Clément Mignon – 100 NL / Relay – all licensed at Circle of Swimmers of Marseille (13)- Damien Joly – 1500 NL – CN Antibes (06)
SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING
Laura Augé – Synchronized Duo – Pays d’Aix Natation (13)
Substitute: Estel-Anaïs Hubaud – Synchronized Duo – Pays d’Aix Natation (13)
TAEKWONDO
Substitute: Floriane Liborio – 49kg – Aix université club taekwondo (13)
TABLE TENNIS
Substitute: Benjamin Brossier – team substitute – Istres TT (13)
SHOOTING
Mathilde Lamolle – 25m Pistol – GEM Tir sportif Gemenos (13)-Jean Quiquampoix – 25m Rapid Fire Pistol – TS Antibes (06) Alexis Raynaud – 50m Rifle 3 positions – TS Antibes (06) Anthony Terras – Skeet – BTC Grand Arbois (13)
Substitute: Boris Artaud – 25m Rapid Fire Pistol – CTPN Marseille (13)
SAILING
Hélène Defrance – 470 – ASPTT Marseille (13)- Jean-Baptiste Bernaz – Laser – CN Sainte Maxime (83) – Sofian Bouvet – 470 – SR Antibes (06)- Julien d’Ortoli – 49er – YC Pointe Rouge (13) Noé Delpech – 49er – YC Pointe Rouge (13)
VOLLEYBALL
Pierre Pujol – Setter – AS Cannes (06)
WATER POLO
Alexandre Camarasa – Point – CN Marseille (13)- Ugo Croustillat – All-rounder – CN Marseille (13)- Rémi Garsau – Goalkeeper – CN Marseille (13) – Michal Izdinsky – Winger, Right center – Olympic Nice Natation (06)- Enzo Khasz – Point defender – CN Marseille (13)- Igor Kovacevic – Half – CN Marseille (13)- Thibaut Simon – Point defender – Left center – CN Marseille (13)- Petar Tomasevic – All-rounder – Olympic Nice Natation (06)
Substitutes: Mathias Bachelier – All-rounder – Olympic Nice Natation (06)- Arshak Hovhannysyan – Goalkeeper – CN Marseille (13)- Manuel Laversanne – All-rounder – Olympic Nice Natation (06)- Cédric Rocchietta – Point – Olympic Nice Natation (06)
PARALYMPIC GAMES
ROWING
Céline Aubert – Rowing – Marignane CMSA (13), Rémy Taranto – Rowing – Marseille RC (13)
WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL
Awad Sandrella – Wheelchair Basketball – Handi Sud Basket (13)
SWIMMING
Elodie Lorandi – Swimming – Handisport Antibes Méditerranée (06)
TABLE TENNIS
Cédric Cabestany – Kevin Dourbecker – Thu Kamkasomphou – Florian Merrien – Stéphane Messi – Nicolas Savant-Aira – all licensed at Olympique Hyères Toulon Provence Méditerranée (83)
WHEELCHAIR TENNIS
Frédéric Cattaneo – Wheelchair Tennis – Handi Club Toulonnais (83)
