FISU World University Games gold medalists for France

Camille Lecointre (born 25 February 1985 in Harfleur) is a French sailor.

Sara Balzer (born 3 April 1995) is a French left-handed sabre fencer and 2021 team Olympic silver medalist.

Benoît Caranobe (born 12 June 1980 in Vitry-sur-Seine) is a French former gymnast who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Caranobe was the first Frenchman to medal in the Individual All-Around competition since Marco Torrès won silver and Jean Gounot won bronze in said event at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics.

Julie Pomagalski (10 October 1980 – 23 March 2021) was a French snowboarder.
She was born in La Tronche, and was the granddaughter of Jean Pomagalski, founder of the Poma ski lift manufacturing company. She competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics, where she placed sixth in both parallel giant slalom events. She won a gold medal in snowboard cross at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 1999, and a silver medal in parallel giant slalom at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2003.Subsequent to her competitive career, Pomagalski operated a ski school and a sports shop in Méribel.Pomagalski died in an avalanche in Switzerland on 23 March 2021, at age 40.

Cyrille Maret (born 11 August 1987) is a French judoka.He won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's 100 kg.

Jean Quiquampoix (born 3 November 1995) is a French sports shooter. He competed in the men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol event at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he won the silver medal.

Khalid Lachheb (born 16 January 1975) is a retired pole vaulter from France.
He set his personal best (5.80 metres) on 25 August 1998 at a meet in Lausanne. He has a twin brother, Taoufik Lachheb, who is also a former pole vaulter (personal best at 5.72 metres). They were both students at Polytechnique (Paris, France), a well-known institution for engineering.

Abdelkader Chékhémani (born 18 July 1971 in Barentin) is a French former middle distance runner who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Jean-Pierre Vidal (born 24 February 1977 in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie) is a French alpine skier.
As a young skier, he focused mainly on downhill. After hurting his knee, however, he decided to go for slalom. In 2002, he had his best year, winning a gold medal in the 2002 Winter Olympics and taking a World Cup win in Kranjska Gora.
A song was called after him (Slalom dans la tête) and in the French ski resort Les Sybelles, a lift was named after his gold medal as well (Médaille d'Or in La Toussuire).
After this fantastic year, it took Vidal until 2006 to return to the highest level of skiing competition. In January 2006, he won a World Cup race in Kitzbühel. Barely a month later, on February 24, 2006, he broke his forearm during a training session in Turin. He then decided to stop his professional career. At this time, the 2006 Winter Olympics were not over yet.
He is the brother of alpine skier Vanessa Vidal and the nephew of alpine skiers Jean-Noël Augert and Jean-Pierre Augert.