20th-century French people

Frédéric Finot (born 20 March 1977 in Nevers) is a French former road cyclist. He was professional 1999 to 2008.

Bernard Bourreau (born 2 September 1951) is a French former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1972 Summer Olympics. His sporting career began with CA Cicray-Maison Minor.

Gilbert Bauvin (born 4 August 1927 in Lunéville, Meurthe-et-Moselle) is a former professional French road bicycle racer. He was a professional from 1950 to 1960. The highlights of his career include winning the Paris–Camembert in 1954 and Tour de Romandie in 1958 and winning four stages in the Tour de France as well as wearing the yellow jersey for a total of four days.
His best grand tour result was the 1956 Tour de France, where he finished second after surprise winner Roger Walkowiak.

Robert Alban (9 April 1952) was a French professional road bicycle racer. Alban won the stage 18 in the 1981 Tour de France, and finished third place in that year's overall classification.
Alban was born in Saint-André-d'Huiriat.

Jérôme Clavier (born 3 May 1983 in Chambray-lès-Tours) is a French pole vaulter.

Philippe Cavoret (born 11 January 1968 in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie) is a French skeleton racer who competed from 1992 to 2006. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 14th in the men's skeleton event at Turin in 2006.
Cavoret's best finish at the FIBT World Championships was seventh twice in the men's skeleton event (2003, 2005). He retired after the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Franck Badiou (born 24 March 1967) is a French former sports shooter, Olympic medallist and coach. He won silver medal in the 10 metre air rifle at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He was also European Champion in the same discipline in 1993.Badiou was born in Vitry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne. He took up shooting relatively late, at the age of 14, after talking about the sport with a school friend who was a pistol shooter.After retiring from competition, Badiou was a coach for the French Shooting Federation for eight years. In 2005 he started working for the French biathlon team, preparing the squad's rifles. In 2016, he was appointed as the men's team's shooting coach. Badiou stepped down from the role in 2018, being succeeded by Patrick Favre.

Frédéric Delcourt (born 14 February 1964) is a French former competition swimmer and Olympic silver medalist.
Delcourt was born in Nord, France.He competed in three events for France at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia, including swimming the backstroke leg for the fifth-place French men's 4x100-meter medley relay team. Delcourt won the silver medal in the men's 200-meter backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.Delcourt attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Randy Reese's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition in 1984.

Léo Lacroix (born 26 November 1937) was a French alpine skier who competed in the 1960s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a silver medal in the men's downhill event at Innsbruck in 1964.Lacroix took the Olympic Oath at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.

Franck David (born 21 March 1970 in Paris) is a French windsurfer who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he won the gold medal in the Men's Lechner Sailboard Class. He also became World champion in 1992.