Philippe Heberlé (born 21 March 1963) is a French sport shooter and Olympic Champion. He won a gold medal in the 10 metre air rifle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and became World Champion twice in 1983 and 1985.
Michel Carrega (born 25 September 1934) is a retired French trap shooter. He competed at the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1984 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1972. He was a world champion in 1970, 1971, 1974 and 1979.
Michel Bury (born 28 February 1952) is a French former sport shooter who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Pascal Gentil (born 15 May 1973 in Paris) is a French taekwondo practitioner. A three-time winner of the European Championships, four-time World Cup Champion and Olympic bronze medallist at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Pascal Gentil is the most decorated taekwondo practitioner in French taekwondo history.
The S Class International Olympic Referee Dr. Mohamed Riad Ibrahim was the Referee in the Final Match of Pascal Gentil in the 2004 Summer Olympic in Athens, and in this Match Pascal Gentil Won the bronze medal.
Captain of the French taekwondo team, Pascal Gentil won his third European title in October 2005 in Riga giving the French team a second position among the European countries behind Turkey with 6 medals including 3 titles. The ranking is the same as for the Athens Games with 2 medals (1 silver, 1 bronze) as France finished as 2nd best European country behind Greece (host country).
To prepare for the Olympics, the French Taekwondo Federation set up training centres by grouping together in different locations the best French athletes according to weight categories. Pascal Gentil is a member of Institut National des Sports et de l'Éducation Physique France Training Centre where he trains an average of 20 hours per week together with the best French taekwondo practitioners.
He was selected for the Beijing Games to snatch the gold medal. His opponent for the selection was Mickaël Borot who obtained the French quota in the category by winning the Olympic qualification tournament in Manchester in 2007.However, during a training session on the 25 July 2008, Pascal sustained an injury (a rupture of the plantar aponeurosis). Mickaël Borot was officially appointed the representative on 6 August by the FFTDA （French Taekwondo Federation. The event lead to a crisis week for French taekwondo as Mickaël Borot criticised the French Taekwondo Federation and Pascal Gentil.On 5 February 2009 he announced to the press that he would give up his sport career in taekwondo after the French Championships in Lyon on 7 February. In Lyon, he obtained his 14th French Champion title after defeating Mickaël Borot in the final.
Patrick Péra (born 17 January 1949 in Lyon) is a French figure skater. He won the bronze medal in men's singles in the 1968 Winter Olympics, became one of the youngest male figure skating Olympic medalists. He won the bronze medal again at the 1972 Winter Olympics.
Charles Devendeville (8 March 1882 in Lesquin – 19 September 1914 in Reims) was a French swimmer and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, where he received a gold medal in the underwater swimming. He died of injuries during the First World War, at age 32.
Patrick Vial (born 24 December 1946 in Paris) is a French judoka and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
Michel Nowak (born 30 June 1962) is a French judoka and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Christophe Gagliano (born 22 May 1967 in Paris) is a French judoka.
Bertrand Damaisin (born 27 October 1968 in Lyon, Rhône) is a retired judoka from France. He claimed a bronze medal in the Men's Light-Middleweight (–78 kg) division at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In the bronze medal match he defeated Sweden's Lars Adolfsson.