List of French People - Athletes

Athletes

• André the Giant, professional wrestler
• Sarah Abitbol, pairs figure skater (with S. Bernadis); World Figure Skating Championship bronze
• Tariq Abdul-Wahad, basketball player (born Olivier Saint-Jean)
• Luc Alphand, Alpine skier
• Jacques Anquetil, cyclist
• Fabien Barthez, football player
• Marion Bartoli, tennis player
• Fabrice Benichou, world champion super bantamweight boxer
• Stéphane Bernadis, pairs figure skater (with S. Abitbol)
• Alain Bernard, Olympic swimmer
• Serge Betsen, Cameroon born French citizen, rugby player
• Serge Blanco, Venezuela born French citizen, rugby player
• Jean Bloch, Olympic silver football player
• Louison Bobet, cyclist
• Surya Bonaly, figure skater
• Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet, 1928 & 1932 Olympic skating Gold Medalists
• Alain Calmat, figure skater, Olympic silver, World Championship gold, silver, 2-time bronze
• Philippe Candeloro, figure skater
• Eric Cantona, football player
• Georges Carpentier, world champion boxer
• Marcel Cerdan, world champion boxer
• François Cevert (born "François Goldenberg"), Formula One driver
• Eugène Christophe, cyclist
• Albert Clément (c.1878-1907) motor racing driver
• Robert Cohen, world champion bantamweight boxer
• Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, tennis player
• Eugène Criqui, world champion boxer
• Jean Cruguet, jockey of Seattle Slew
• Richard Dacoury, basketball player
• Pierre Darmon, tennis player, highest world ranking # 8
• Émile Delahaye, race car pioneer
• Abou Diaby, football player
• Boris Diaw, basketball player
• Marcel Desailly, Ghana born French citizen, football player
• David Douillet, judo
• Yves Dreyfus, épée fencer, Olympic bronze medal, French champion
• Isabelle Duchesnay & Paul Duchesnay, ice dancers
• Andre Ethier, Major League Baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers
• Patrice Evra, football player: Monaco + Manchester United
• André Fabre, horse trainer
• Laurent Fignon, cyclist
• Jeremy Flores, surfer
• Just Fontaine, football player
• Jacques Fouroux, rugby union player and coach
• Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi, slalom canoer, Olympic bronze (K-1 slalom), 5 golds at ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships (2-time K-1, 3-time K-1 team)
• Pierre Galle, basketball player and coach
• Camille du Gast, race car driver
• Lucien Gaudin, fencer
• Yoann Gourcuff, football player
• Stéphane Haccoun, boxer
• Rudy Haddad, football player
• Alphonse Halimi ("La Petite Terreur"), world champion bantamweight boxer
• Marlène Harnois (born 1986), taekwondo practitioner
• Thierry Henry, football player
• Bernard Hinault, cyclist
• Cristobal Huet, hockey player
• Constant Huret, cyclist
• Olivier Jacque, motorcycle rider
• Rene Jacquot, boxer, underdog who became world champion
• Laurent Jalabert, cyclist
• Max Jean, Formula One driver
• Brian Joubert, figure skater
• Jean-Claude Killy, skier
• Raymond Kopa, football player
• Pascal Lavanchy, ice dancer (with S. Moniotte)
• Suzanne Lenglen, tennis player
• Alexandre Lippmann, épée fencer, 2-time Olympic champion, 2-time silver, bronze
• Bixente Lizarazu, football player
• Sébastien Loeb, rally driver and 5-time champion
• Jeannie Longo, cyclist
• André Mahé, cyclist
• Claude Makélélé, football player: PSG
• Laure Manaudou, swimmer
• Amélie Mauresmo, tennis player
• Jose Meiffret, cyclist
• Éric Millot, figure skater
• Alain Mimoun, athlete
• Sophie Moniotte, ice dancer (with P. Lavanchy)
• Carole Montillet, skier
• Armand Mouyal, épée fencer, Olympic bronze, world champion
• Alfred "Artem" Nakache, swimmer, world record (200-m breaststroke), one-third of French 2-time world record (3x100 relay team)
• Claude Netter, foil fencer, Olympic champion, silver
• Hellé Nice, pioneer female race car driver
• Joakim Noah, NBA basketball player (Chicago Bulls)
• Yannick Noah, tennis player
• Micheline Ostermeyer, Olympic champion in discus and shot put, bronze in high jump
• Tony Parker, Belgian born French citizen, basketball player
• Gwendal Peizerat, ice dancer
• Marie-José Pérec, athlete
• Mary Pierce, Canadian-born French citizen, tennis player
• Stéphane Peterhansel, car and motor racer, 9 time Dakar Rally winner
• Julien Pillet, fencer
• Michel Platini, football player
• Alain Prost, Formula One driver and 4-time champion
• Antoine Rigaudeau, basketball player
• François Rozenthal, ice hockey player
• Maurice Rozenthal, ice hockey player
• Georges Stern, jockey
• Jean Stern, épée fencer, Olympic champion
• Léon Théry
• Marcel Thil, world champion boxer
• Christophe Tiozzo, world champion boxer
• Fabrice Tiozzo, world champion boxer, Christophe's brother
• David Trezeguet, football player
• Patrick Vieira, Senegal born French citizen, football player
• Richard Virenque, Morocco born French citizen, cyclist
• Roger Walkowiak, cyclist
• Jean-Pierre Wimille, race car driver
• Zinedine Zidane, football (soccer) Player