List of French sportspeople
Appearance
This is a partial list of French sportspeople. For the full plain list of French sportspeople on Wikipedia, see Category:French sportspeople.
Alpine skiing
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- Émile Allais
- Sébastien Amiez
- François Bonlieu
- Didier Bouvet
- Charles Bozon
- Joël Chenal
- James Couttet
- Jean-Luc Crétier
- Danièle Debernard
- Antoine Dénériaz
- Annie Famose
- Christine Goitschel
- Marielle Goitschel
- Jean-Claude Killy
- Léo Lacroix
- Florence Masnada
- Carole Merle
- Isabelle Mir
- Steve Missillier
- Carole Montillet
- Henri Oreiller
- Perrine Pelen
- Guy Périllat
- Laure Pequegnot
- Franck Piccard
- Alexis Pinturault
- Florence Steurer
- Jean-Pierre Vidal
- Jean Vuarnet
Association football
[edit]- Christophe Ajas (born 1972)
- Bruno Audebrand (born 1968)
- Guillaume Benon (born 1975), defender
- Denis Bourdoncle (born 1964), defender
- Cyril Cassese (born 1972), forward
- David Castilla (born 1977), goalkeeper
- Fabrice Catherine (born 1973), goalkeeper
- David Chevallereau (born 1969), goalkeeper
- Sylvain Chomlafel (born 1966), forward
- Emmanuel Clément (born 1971), midfielder
- Bertrand Gallou (born 1974), goalkeeper
- Thierry Henry (born 1977), forward
- Kylian Mbappé (born 1998), forward
- Zinedine Zidane (born 1972), forward
Badminton
[edit]Basketball
[edit]Canoe
[edit]- Jessica Fox (born 1994), French-Australian Olympic and world champion slalom canoer
Biathlon
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- Sandrine Bailly
- Patrice Bailly-Salins
- Florence Baverel-Robert
- Jean-Guillaume Béatrix
- Sylvie Becaert
- Anne Briand
- Marie-Laure Brunet
- Ferréol Cannard
- Véronique Claudel
- Vincent Defrasne
- Marie Dorin Habert
- Thierry Dusserre
- Hervé Flandin
- Martin Fourcade
- Delphyne Heymann
- Lionel Laurent
- Vincent Jay
- Gilles Marguet
- Corinne Niogret
- Delphyne Peretto
- Raphaël Poirée
- Julien Robert
Bobsleigh
[edit]Cross-country skiing
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Curling
[edit]Figure skating
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- Marina Anissina
- Andrée Brunet
- Pierre Brunet
- Alain Calmat
- Philippe Candeloro
- Jacqueline du Bief
- Isabelle Duchesnay
- Paul Duchesnay
- Gwendal Peizerat
- Patrick Péra
Freestyle skiing
[edit]- Olivier Allamand
- Arnaud Bovolenta
- Jean-Frédéric Chapuis
- Sébastien Foucras
- Richard Gay
- Edgar Grospiron
- Marion Josserand
- Sandra Laoura
- Marie Martinod
- Jonathan Midol
- Kevin Rolland
Ice hockey
[edit]- Nicolas Arrossamena
- Yohann Auvitu
- Pierre-Édouard Bellemare
- Eliot Berthon
- Sébastien Bordeleau
- Philippe Bozon
- Stéphane Da Costa
- Teddy Da Costa
- Ludovic Garreau
- Laurent Gras
- Kévin Hecquefeuille
- Cristobal Huet
- Laurent Meunier
- Robert Ouellet
- Xavier Ouellet
- Christian Pouget
- Antoine Roussel
- Thomas Roussel
- François Rozenthal
- Maurice Rozenthal
Judo
[edit]- Marc Alexandre
- Larbi Benboudaoud
- Djamel Bouras
- Jean-Claude Brondani
- Bruno Carabetta
- Christine Cicot
- Jean-Paul Coche
- Bertrand Damaisin
- Benjamin Darbelet
- Lucie Décosse
- Frédéric Demontfaucon
- David Douillet
- Gévrise Émane
- Catherine Fleury-Vachon
- Christophe Gagliano
- Priscilla Gneto
- Céline Lebrun
- Ugo Legrand
- Nathalie Lupino
- Laetitia Meignan
- Jean-Jacques Mounier
- Cécile Nowak
- Michel Nowak
- Automne Pavia
- Stéphanie Possamaï
- Marie-Claire Restoux
- Teddy Riner
- Pascal Tayot
- Audrey Tcheuméo
- Stéphane Traineau
- Séverine Vandenhende
- Patrick Vial
Race car drivers
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- Laurent Aïello
- Jean Alesi
- René Arnoux
- Jean Behra
- Jean-Pierre Beltoise
- Jules Bianchi
- Sébastien Bourdais
- Julien Canal
- François Cevert
- Patrick Depailler
- Dominique Dupuy
- Loïc Duval
- Pierre Gasly
- Yves Giraud-Cabantous
- Romain Grosjean
- Jean-Pierre Jabouille
- Jacques Laffite
- Guy Ligier
- Sébastien Loeb
- Cathy Muller
- Michèle Mouton
- Esteban Ocon
- Olivier Panis
- Charles Pic
- Didier Pironi
- Alain Prost
- Jean-Louis Schlesser
- Philippe Streiff
- Patrick Tambay
- Jean Todt
- Benoît Tréluyer
- Maurice Trintignant
- Jean-Éric Vergne
Professional wrestling
[edit]Nordic combined
[edit]Short track speed skating
[edit]Ski jumping
[edit]Snowboarding
[edit]- Déborah Anthonioz
- Mathieu Bozzetto
- Isabelle Blanc
- Paul-Henri de Le Rue
- Tony Ramoin
- Karine Ruby
- Chloé Trespeuch
- Pierre Vaultier
- Doriane Vidal
Speed skating
[edit]Swimming
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- Yannick Agnel
- Coralie Balmy
- Alain Bernard
- Joseph Bernardo
- Jean Boiteux
- Charlotte Bonnet
- Gilbert Bozon
- Frédérick Bousquet
- Kiki Caron
- Stéphan Caron
- René Cornu
- Frédéric Delcourt
- Hugues Duboscq
- Aldo Eminente
- Franck Esposito
- Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne
- Solenne Figuès
- Fabien Gilot
- Alexandre Jany
- Clément Lefert
- Amaury Leveaux
- Grégory Mallet
- Florent Manaudou
- Leon marchand
- Roxana Maracineanu
- Malia Metella
- Alain Mosconi
- Camille Muffat
- Catherine Plewinski
- Catherine Poirot
- Boris Steimetz
- Jérémy Stravius
- Jean Taris
- Georges Vallerey Jr.
Taekwondo
[edit]Tennis
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- Pierre Albarran
- Paul Aymé
- Jean-Claude Barclay
- Pierre Barthès
- Marion Bartoli
- Julien Benneteau
- Marcel Bernard
- François Blanchy
- Jean Borotra
- Christian Boussus
- Marguerite Broquedis
- Jacques Brugnon
- Albert Canet
- Gail Chanfreau
- Arnaud Clément
- Henri Cochet
- Comtesse de Kermel
- Georges de la Chapelle
- Élisabeth d'Ayen
- Nathalie Dechy
- Max Decugis
- Bernard Destremau
- Arnaud Di Pasquale
- Françoise Dürr
- Richard Gasquet
- Maurice Germot
- Kate Gillou
- P. Girod
- André Gobert
- Tatiana Golovin
- Julie Halard-Decugis
- René Lacoste
- Nelly Landry
- Henri Leconte
- Suzanne Lenglen
- Michaël Llodra
- Adine Masson
- Doris Metaxa
- Jeanne Matthey
- Simonne Mathieu
- Amélie Mauresmo
- Édouard Mény de Marangue
- Kristina Mladenovic
- Gaël Monfils
- Yannick Noah
- Lolette Payot
- Yvon Petra
- Mary Pierce
- André Prévost
- Hélène Prévost
- Laurent Riboulet
- Colette Rosambert
- Fabrice Santoro
- Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh
- Jean Schopfer
- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
- André Vacherot
- Michel Vacherot
- Édouard Roger-Vasselin
- Julie Vlasto
Track and field
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