Lille Olympique Sporting Club, commonly called LOSC, also referred to as LOSC Lille, Lille OSC or simply Lille, is a French professional association football club based in Lille in Hauts-de-France. The club was founded in 1944 as a result of a merger and plays in Ligue 1, the first division of French football. Lille has played its home matches since 2012 at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in nearby Villeneuve d'Ascq, which replaced the club's previous home of Stade Lille-Metropole in the same community.
Jean-François Lamour is a former French fencer and current French politician and cabinet minister. A top fencer, he was a gold medallist at the 1984 Olympics and 1988 Olympics and a bronze medal winner at the 1992 Olympics in the men's individual sabre. He married Dr. Isabelle Spennato, a former French fencer and current president of the French Fencing Federation. He was also world champion in 1987. Retiring, he entered politics serving as the sports and youth counselor to the Mayor of Paris from 1993 to 1995. In 2002, he became the minister of sport, and in 2004, he was given responsibility for youth in addition to this.
Brian Joubert is a French figure skater. He is the 2007 World champion, a three-time European champion, an eight-time French National champion, and the 2006–07 Grand Prix Final champion. In total, he is a six-time World medalist, a ten-time European medalist, and competed in four Winter Olympics for France.
Ingo Steuer is a German pair skater and skating coach. With Mandy Wötzel, he is the 1998 Olympic bronze medalist, the 1997 World champion, the 1995 European champion, and a four-time German national champion. As a coach, he led Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany to multiple world and European titles.
Sarah Abitbol is a French former pair skater. With skating partner Stéphane Bernadis, she is the 2000 World bronze medalist, the 2000 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a seven-time European medalist, and a ten-time French national champion.
Stéphane Bernadis is a French former pair skater. With skating partner Sarah Abitbol, he is the 2000 World bronze medalist, the 2000 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a seven-time European medalist, and a ten-time French national champion.
Nathalie Péchalat is a retired French ice dancer. With partner Fabian Bourzat, she is a two-time World bronze medalist, a two-time European champion (2011–2012), and a five-time French national champion. They have won five medals at the Grand Prix Final and thirteen other Grand Prix medals, including three golds at Cup of China and two at Trophée Eric Bompard.
Fabian Bourzat is a French ice dancer. With partner Nathalie Péchalat, he is a two-time World bronze medalist, a two-time European champion (2011–2012), and a five-time French national champion. They have won five medals at the Grand Prix Final and thirteen other Grand Prix medals, including three golds at Cup of China and two at Trophée Eric Bompard.
Florent Amodio is a French figure skater. He is the 2011 European champion, a four-time French national champion, and the 2008 JGP Final champion. He has represented France at two Winter Olympics.
Philippe Pélissier is a French figure skating coach and former competitor. Competing in men's singles, he won six medals at the French Figure Skating Championships. He competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics, placing 23rd, and at the 1968 Winter Olympics, placing 13th. As a coach, he has trained many elite skaters, including Thierry Cerez, Didier Gailhaguet, Jean-Christophe Simond, Stanick Jeannette and Alban Préaubert. Pélissier is known for his expressive reactions behind the boards when his skaters are competing.
Jean-Christophe Péraud is a retired French cyclist who rode for Omega Pharma–Lotto and AG2R La Mondiale during his professional career. He was a member of the French team at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Jean-Christophe Bette is a French competition rower and Olympic champion.
Jean-Christophe Rolland is a French competition rower and Olympic champion. Rolland won a gold medal in coxless pair at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Christophe Lemaitre is a French sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. In 2010, Lemaitre became the first white athlete to break the 10-second barrier in an officially timed 100 m event. Lemaitre has run a sub-10 second 100m on seven occasions: three times in 2010 and four times in 2011. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2012 London Olympic Games and in the 200 metres at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.
Jean-Christophe is a French masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Jean-Christophe Bahebeck is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Dutch Eredivisie club FC Utrecht.
Christophe Legoût is a French table tennis player. As of February 2013, Legout is ranked no. 108 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). He is also left-handed, and uses the classic grip and Butterfly Legout blade.
Simond is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Gilles Beyer is a French former competitive figure skater and coach. He is the 1978 French national champion and competed at six ISU Championships. He has been accused of sexually abusing students when they were minors.
Christophe Espagnon is a French sailor, who specialized in the multihull (Tornado) class. Together with his partner Xavier Revil, he was named one of the country's top sailors in the mixed multihull catamaran for the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing in a distant eleventh position. Outside his Olympic career, he and Revil gave the home crowd a further reason to celebrate with a bronze-medal finish at the 2005 Tornado Worlds in La Rochelle. A member of La Rochelle Sailing Regatta, Espagnon trained most of his competitive sporting career under the tutelage of his personal coach Philippe Neiras.
