Universiade silver medalists for France

Marcel Philippe (born 16 September 1951) is a French middle-distance runner. Born in New York City to a french father, he attended Mater Christi High School, where he set the still standing New York State Record in the 880 yds. While attending Fordham University, he was the 1973 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Champion. He still holds the Fordham record for indoor mile, 1000 yards, and outdoor 800m. At the 1976 Summer Olympics he competed in the men's 800 metres. Philippe set multiple french records in the 800m, 1000m and 4x1500m relay distances. He won both the 1973 and 1974 French Athletics Championships in the 800m.

Philippe participated in the 1973 European Cup, placing second to Dieter Fromm in the semi-final despite improving his french 800m record with a time of 1:45.79. He won a silver medal at the World University Games in Moscow, narrowly losing to Yevgeniy Arzhanov, the Munich 1972 Olympics silver medalist. That same year he beat Arzhanov to the line in the U.S 1973 Indoor Track and Field Championships, placing first in the 1000 yds with a time of 2:08.8.

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

Chloé Trespeuch (born 13 April 1994) is a French snowboarder competing in snowboard cross.She qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and won the bronze medal in the snowboard cross.At the 2022 Winter Olympics she won the silver medal, in Women's snowboard cross.

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.

Sangita Tripathi (born 8 July 1968) is a French fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team épée events at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Pascal Lefèvre (born 25 January 1965 in Saint-Quentin) is a retired javelin thrower from France, who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, but did not reach the final. He set his personal best (82.56 m) on 28 August 1989 in Duisburg, at the Summer Universiade. Lefévre was nine times French national champion in the men's javelin event (1987–1995).

Philippe Collet (born 13 December 1963 in Nancy) is a retired French pole vaulter. He twice competed at the Olympic Games, in 1988 and 1992, reaching the final on both occasions. In addition, he represented Europe at the World Cup three times finishing second in 1985 and 1992 and first in 1989.
His personal bests in the event are 5.85 metres outdoors (Paris 1986) and 5.94 metres indoors (Grenoble 1990).
He now coaches his two sons, Thibaut and Mathieu.