As every year, it’s up to you to elect the best female athlete, the best male athlete, and the best para-athlete of the past season. Each category boasts impressive contenders with World champions, European champions, and French champions. You have until Thursday, February 12 to make your choice! To vote, CLICK HERE.
In the women’s category, five iconic sports will be represented, including the swimmer from Olympic Nice Natation, Charlotte Bonnet, four-time French champion in the 100m freestyle, 100m medley, 100m breaststroke, and 200m medley. Athletics and triple jump will be highlighted with Rougy Diallo from Nice Côte d’Azur Athlétisme, who is the world champion in her discipline, while savate and French boxing will have the World champion Adeline May from the Nice Boxing Team Frank May as their representative. Nastasia Noens from Inter Club Nice, who came 7th at the Sochi Winter Olympics, 3rd in the Bormio World Cup, and is a French champion, will try to slide to the final victory while Marie-Eve Paget (Nice Cavigal Basket 06) will be the sole representative of team sports as the U20 European Basket champion.
In the men’s category, four world champions and one bronze medalist at the world championship and European vice-champion are on hand. Jérôme Ardissone from Nice Ardissone Full Contact, double World WKA and WKN champion will be up against Zelim Khadjiev from the Wrestling Club Nice, a junior World and French champion. The triathlete Maxime Chane (Olympic Nice Natation), also a junior World champion, will face the judoka Loïc Pietri (Olympic Judo Nice), World Championship bronze medalist, European vice-champion, and World team championship bronze medalist, and Quentin Varnier from Club Nautique de Nice, U23 World champion in quadruple sculls and French champion in coxed quadruple sculls.
In the para-sport and adapted sport categories, the competition will be as fierce and close as ever, with swimmer Alexandre Cariou (ACSA 06) nominated for the first time thanks to his French championship title in the 50m breaststroke and his qualification for the 2015 World Games in Los Angeles. He will face seasoned nominees like Nathalie Cuny (ANICES), French 10 km champion, or Cécile Hernandez-Cervellon, Paralympic silver medalist in snowboard at the last Sochi Games, Clara Perrin (ACSA 06), double French champion in the 50m freestyle and 50m breaststroke and qualified for the 2015 World Games in Los Angeles, and finally, fencer Robert Sellem from OGC Nice Escrime, crowned with the French épée champion title.
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NOMINEES
MEN
Jérôme ARDISSONE – Full Contact – Nice Ardissone Full Contact
World Champion WKA – World Champion WKN
Maxime CHANE – Triathlon – Olympic Nice Natation
Junior Xterra World Champion
Zelim KHADJIEV – Wrestling – Wrestling Club Nice
Junior World Champion – Junior French Champion
Loïc PIETRI – Judo – Olympic Judo Nice
World Championship bronze medalist – European vice-champion
World Team Championship bronze medalist
Quentin VARNIER – Rowing – Club Nautique de Nice
U23 World Champion in quadruple sculls – French Champion in coxed quadruple sculls
WOMEN
Charlotte BONNET – Swimming – Olympic Nice Natation
Four-time French champion in the 100m freestyle, 100m medley, 100m breaststroke, and 200m medley
Four-time French vice-champion in the 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 200m medley, and 200m freestyle PB
2 bronze medals at the French Championship in the 400m freestyle and 400m medley
Rouguy DIALLO – Athletics – Nice Côte d’Azur Athletics
Junior World Champion in Triple Jump
Adeline MAY – Savate – French Boxing – Nice Boxing Team Frank May
World Champion – French Champion
Nastasia NOENS – Alpine Skiing – Slalom – Inter Club Nice
7th at the Sochi Winter Olympics – 3rd in the Bormio World Cup
French Champion
Marie-Eve PAGET – Basketball – Nice Cavigal Basket 06
U20 European Champion
PARA-SPORT/ADAPTED SPORT
Alexandre CARIOU – Swimming – ACSA 06
French Champion in 50m Breaststroke – Qualified for the 2015 World Games in Los Angeles
Nathalie CUNY – Athletics – ANICES
French Champion in the 10km
Cécile HERNANDEZ-CERVELLON – Snowboard – ANICES
Paralympic Silver Medalist at the Sochi Winter Games
Clara PERRIN – Swimming – ACSA 06
Double French Champion in 50m Freestyle and 50m Breaststroke – Qualified for the 2015 World Games in Los Angeles
Robert SELLEM – Fencing – OGC Nice Fencing
French Champion in Épée
