Top-level defense athletes
Presentation of the army of Champions, the athletes selected for JOP 2024, as well as athletes from the armies who have left their mark on French and international sport.
The “Army of Champions”
The French Ministry of Defence has just over two hundred high-level sportsmen and women among its civilian and military staff. Assigned to the Joinville Battalion of the National Defence Sport Center (CNSD), thes...
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An army that wins
More than half of all French medals won since the first Olympic Games of the modern era in 1896 have been won by military athletes. Since its creation in 2014, the Army of Champions has won 117 medals at the Olym...
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Athletes selected for the Olympic Games
The Ministry of the Armed Forces counts among its civil and military staff just over two hundred high-level athletes. There are currently one hundred an...
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Athletes in the history of the Olympic Games
Since the first Olympic Games of the modern era in 1896, more than half of all French medals have been won by military athletes.
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Athletes who became famous
Until 1997, when the military service was suspended, professional athletes, like all French citizens, had to comply with their military obligations and spend several months in the armed forces in order to acquire...
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Armée de champions : résultats des compétitions internationales
Retrouvez dans cette rubrique les résultats des compétitions internationales des athlètes de l'Armée de champions.
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