| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 May 1988 French Guiana |
| Sport | |
| Country | France |
| Sport | Breakdancing |
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Danis Civil (born 3 May 1988), [2] alias Dany Dann, [3] [4] [5] is a French breakdancer. He won the silver medal in the B-Boys event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Civil was born in French Guiana. [6]
Daniel Revenu was a French fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition, and medalist in four successive Olympics.
Daniel Jérent is a French Épée fencer, team world champion in 2014. He was banned from the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo due to a positive urine test for a banned product, after he had otherwise qualified to fence in the individual and team epee events at the Olympics.
France competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. French athletes had appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, and Greece. The French Olympic Committee sent its largest ever delegation in Olympic history outside of when it was the host nation, with a total of 401 athletes, 232 men and 169 women, competing in all sports, except field hockey.
Marine Clémence Boyer is a French female artistic gymnast. She was a member of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2023 World Championships and was also a part of the 2018 and 2024 Europeans and 2018 Mediterranean Games silver medal winning teams and the 2016 European bronze medal winning team. Individually she is the 2018 Mediterranean Games gold medalist, the 2016 European silver medalist, the 2018 European bronze medalist and the 2024 European bronze medalist on the balance beam. She represented France at the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. She is the 2016 French all-around champion and an eleven-time medalist at the FIG World Cup series.
Léa Labrousse is a French trampolinist. She is a two-time World silver medalist and the 2019 European Games individual champion. She became the first French woman to win gold at the European Trampoline Championships with her synchro partner Marine Jurbert. She represented France at the 2020 Summer Olympics and will compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Stefanos Ntouskos is a Greek competitive rower. He won a gold medal in the men's single sculls, at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Hélène Defrance is a French former sailor, who won a bronze medal in the women's 470 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She also won the 2010 470 European Championships race, and the 2016 470 World Championships. Defrance is a knight of the Ordre national du Mérite.
Stephen Parez-Edo Martin is a French rugby sevens player. He competed for France 7s at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2013 he played in the U-20 Six Nations Championship and the IRB Junior World Championship.
Mélanie Johanna de Jesus dos Santos is a French artistic gymnast. She was a member of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2023 World Championships. She is the 2019 European all-around champion, a two time European champion on the floor exercise, and the 2021 European champion on the balance beam. She is also the 2018 European silver medalist with the French team, the 2019 European silver medalist on the balance beam, and the 2017 European bronze medalist in the all-around. She represented France at the 2020 Summer Olympics where she placed sixth with the team and on the uneven bars and eleventh in the all-around. She is the 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2024 French all-around champion, and she won the Longines Prize for Elegance in 2019.
France competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. French athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, Greece, and Switzerland. As Paris will host the 2024 Summer Olympics, France was the penultimate nation to enter the stadium, alongside the United States which will host the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, before the host country Japan during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony. Additionally, a French segment was performed in Paris and some pre-recorded events at the closing ceremony as performers did not travel to Tokyo due to the travel restrictions related to the pandemic. However, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo was the only delegation present at the ceremony.
Sara Balzer is a French left-handed sabre fencer. She won two Olympic silver medals, the first at the 2021 team event, and the second on home soil at the 2024 individual event She has been ranked #1 in the world in women's sabre in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024.
France was the host nation of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. French athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, Greece, and Switzerland.
Élisa Flore de Almeida is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Première Ligue club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team.
Lisa Barbelin is a French archer, who won the recurve events at the 2021 European Archery Championships, and 2022 European Indoor Archery Championships. She has previously won multiple medals at the World Youth Archery Championships, and won bronze medals in events at the 2019 and 2022 Archery World Cups. In June 2021 she was the world's number one ranked competitor. Barbelin competed in the women’s individual event at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games, winning the bronze medal in the latter.
Nicolas Gestinpronounced[nikɔlaʒɛstɛ̃] is a French slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2016. He is from Tréméven, Finistère in Brittany. He became Olympic Champion on home soil in 2024 at the slalom C-1 event.
Bradley Laurent Barcola is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team. Widely considered one of the best young wingers in the world, he is known for his speed, work-rate, dribbling, and finishing.
Maxime-Gaël Ngayap Hambou is a French judoka. He won a bronze medal in the men's 90 kg event at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics as well as the gold medal in the Mixed team event as a member of the French team.
Jamal Valizadeh is an Iranian wrestler. He was selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics as a member of the Refugee Olympic Team.
Sya Dembélé, also known mononymously as Syssy, is a French breakdancer.
Bilal Mallakh also known as B-Boy Billy, is a Moroccan breakdancer. He competed in the B-Boys event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He and fellow Moroccan Fatima El-Mamouny won the 2023 WDSF Africa Breaking Championship to become the first African breakdancers at the Olympic games.
