Falaise is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Argentan is a commune and the seat of two cantons and of an arrondissement in the Orne department in northwestern France. As of 2019, Argentan is the third largest municipality by population in the Orne department.
Laurent Dufaux is a former professional road cyclist from 1991 to 2004. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1991. Despite being a climber, he also won the hilly Züri-Metzgete one-day classic in 2000, outsprinting Jan Ullrich and Francesco Casagrande in a flat three-man group sprint finish. Notable results in the Grand Tours include a 4th place overall finish in both the 1996 and 1999 Tour de France and 2nd and 3rd place finishes in the 1996 and 1997 Vuelta a España, respectively. He also won the 1998 edition of his home region race, the Tour de Romandie, the 1993 and 1994 editions of the Dauphine Libere, and finished in the top 5 of the Tour de Suisse twice.
Carhaix-Plouguer, commonly known as just Carhaix, is a commune in the French department of Finistère, region of Brittany, France. The commune was created in 1957 by the merger of the former communes Carhaix and Plouguer.
Gourette is a winter sports resort in the French Pyrenees. It is located in the commune of Eaux-Bonnes in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine on the D 918 road which passes through the Col d'Aubisque mountain pass. The closest air access is Pau Pyrénées Airport. The resort is at an altitude of 1,400 m (4,600 ft) with a ski area of 140 ha and 42 km (26 mi) of marked slopes. The ski area extends between 1,350 and 2,450 m above sea level. Gourette is part of the N'PY group of ski resorts.
François Mahé was a French professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1950 to 1965. Highlights from his career include one day in the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in the 1953 Tour de France, a stage win in 1954 Tour de France as well as a stage win in Vuelta a España, Paris–Nice, Tour de Luxembourg and the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and coming second in the 1952 edition of the GP Ouest-France and the 1954 edition of Tour of Flanders.
Hiwot Ayalew Yimer is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner whose speciality is the 3000 metres steeplechase. She represented Ethiopia in the event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth.
Nafissatou "Nafi" Thiam is a Belgian athlete specialising in multi-event competition. She is the first athlete with three multi-event gold medals at the Olympic Games, winning the heptathlon at the 2016 Rio, 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris Olympics. Her three individual Olympic golds in a row for a woman equals the record of Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland in the hammer and Faith Kipyegon in the 1500 metres Thiam is also the only Belgian athlete to successfully defend an Olympic title.
Patinoire Axel Vega, commonly known as Patinoire de Mériadeck after the eponymous Mériadeck quarter, is a multi-purpose arena located in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. Today primarily used as an ice rink, it is the home of professional ice hockey team Boxers de Bordeaux. Between 1981 and 2017, it doubled as the agglomeration's main concert venue, and hosted many artists of national and international stature.
The Brest European Short Film Festival is a film festival dedicated to short films, happening every year in Brest, in the Brittany region in France. It has been organized by the Côte Ouest Association since 1987 and is open to everyone, school groups and professionals.
Justin Mottier is a French former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2018 to 2020 for Vital Concept.
Stéphanie Gicquel is a French athlete, M&A lawyer, author and speaker born in Carcassonne on July 9, 1982, ultra-distance runner and French 24-hour champion in 2018 and 2022, vice-European 24-hour champion in 2022, holder of the French athletics record in the 24-hour discipline and vice-world champion in the 100 km with the French athletics team. She is also an explorer and since 2015 has held the record for the longest cross-country skiing expedition carried out by a woman in Antarctica without using sled dogs nor kites. She is also a writer, author of several books on her expeditions and on running. A figure of adaptation in extreme conditions, she participates in work with experts and scientists on the capacity of the human body to adapt to environmental stresses in a context of global warming, the impact of movement and nutrition on the well-being and performance.
Georges Cadoudal was a French sonneur and musician. Alongside Étienne Rivoallan, he formed a group of sonneurs dedicated to the revival of Breton music after World War II. A founding member of Bagad Bourbriac, he was its penn-soner from 1953 to 1964.
Benoît Campion is a French track and field athlete, sponsored by New Balance and member of the Stade Brestois Athlétisme
The 2023–24 Coupe de France preliminary rounds, Brittany is the qualifying competition to decide which teams from the leagues of the Brittany region of France take part in the main competition from the seventh round.
Flavie Renouard is a French steeplechase runner specializing in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She is the 2021 French Athletics Championships winner and a gold medallist at the 2022 Mediterranean Athletics U23 Championships and 2021 European U23 Championships. Her time of 9:19.07 at the 2023 Anniversary Games qualified her for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Bastien Augusto is a French middle-distance runner. He helped his team to three medals at the European Cross Country Championships, including leading his team to a gold medal in the 2022 edition. Beginning his career in the 10K run, he has exhibited range from that distance (27:40) to the 1500 m (3:34.85).
Marcel Guilloux was a French singer and storyteller from Brittany. In addition to his career as a farmer, he was active in the world of kan ha diskan and modern fest noz.
Sarah Madeleine is a French middle distance and long distance runner.
The Cross international Le Maine Libre-Allonnes-Sarthe, also known as Cross d'Allonnes, is an annual professional cross country running competition in Allonnes, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France. First held in 1965, it most often takes place in mid- to late-November and is sponsored by French newspaper Le Maine libre. As of 2024 it is a World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold status meeting, the highest level, joining Festival du Cross as the only such meetings in France.
