The Paris Olympic Games will have been the high point of a very prosperous sporting year 2024. Games of the 33rd Olympiad of the modern era where the athletes will have shone. Most of these Olympic champions are logically vying for a place for the title of champion of the year. Despite everything, these Olympics should not hide the usual events for sports fans such as Euro 2024 Football, the Alpine skiing and biathlon World Cup, the NBA, the Top 14 or even the various continental championships (skating artistic, table tennis, judo).
You are now used to it with Ouest-France, it is your turn to vote for your champions and teams of the year 2024. Your votes!
Vote for the champion of the year!
On the men's side, we inevitably find many athletes who shone during the Olympic Games, the gold medalists in the lead such as the defending champion, Léon Marchand (swimming), Joris Daudet (BMX), Teddy Riner (judo) and Kauli Vaast (surfing). Some even accumulate awards like Antoine Dupont (Rugby), Victor Wembanyama (Basketball) or Alexis and Félix Lebrun (table tennis). We should also not forget the winter sports specialists (skier Cyprien Sarrazin and skater Adam Siao Him Fa).
The list of champions:
– Joris Daudet (BMX) : cOlympic and world champion Racing
– Antoine Dupont (Rugby): Olympic champion and winner of the World Series (Seven Series) with the French rugby sevens team, elected best player in the world of rugby sevens, European and French champion with Stade Toulousain
– Joan-Benjamin Gaba (Judo): Olympic vice-champion -73 kg, Olympic and European mixed team champion
– Nicolas Gestin (Canoe-kayak): Olympic champion in single-seater canoe slalom (C1)
– Alexis Lebrun (Table tennis): cEuropean champion (singles and doubles), winner of the WTT title in Zagreb in singles and doubles, bronze medal at the Olympic Games by team, vice-world champion by team, winner of the WTT finals in doubles, world n°1 in duplicate
– Félix Lebrun (Table tennis): bronze medal at the Olympic Games in singles and team, winner of the WTT Star Contender tournaments in Goa and Champions in Montpellier, vice-world team champion, European champion in doubles and winner of the WTT finals in doubles, world No. 4 in singles, world No. 1 in doubles
– Valentin Madouas (Cycling): Olympic vice-champion (online), 6th in the Amstel Gold Race, 7th in Liège-Bastogne-Liège
– Florent Manaudou (Swimming): bronze medal at the Games in 50m freestyle and 4x100m medley relay
– Leon Marchand (Swimming): Olympic champion in the 400m medley, 200m butterfly, 200m breaststroke, 200m medley, bronze medal in the 4x100m medley relay
– Teddy Riner (Judo): Olympic champion + 100 kg and mixed team
– Cyprien Sarrazin (Ski): three World Cup victories (+ a fourth at the end of December 2023) in downhill and giant
– Adam Siao Him Fa (Figure skating): European champion, bronze medal at the world championships
– Benjamin Thomas (Cycling): Olympic champion in the omnium (track), stage winner at the Tour of Italy
– Kauli Vaast (Surfing): Olympic champion
– Victor Wembanyama (Basketball): voted best rookie (first year player) in the NBA with an average of 21.4 pts, 10.6 rebounds, 3.6 blocks, Olympic vice-champion with the French team
Vote for the champion of the year!
Just like among the men, the champion of the year has a good chance of having shone at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (VTT) will obviously be in the race to double the stakes but the competition will be tough with Cassandre Beaugrand (triathlon), Manon Apithy-Brunet (fencing) and Clarisse Agbégnénou (judo). Biathletes Julia Simon and Lou Jeanmonnot will have their say along with their winter sports colleagues: Chloé Trespeuch (snowboardcross) and Tess Ledeux (freestyle skiing)
The list of champions:
– Clarisse Agbégnénou (Judo): bronze medal -63 kg at the Games and world championships, Olympic mixed team champion
– Manon Apithy-Brunet (Fencing): Olympic saber champion, European team champion, world n°2
– Sara Balzer (Fencing): Olympic saber vice-champion, world n°1
– Cassandre Beaugrand (Triathlon): Olympic and world champion
– Elodie Clouvel (Modern Pentathlon): Olympic vice-champion
– John Defay (Surfing): bronze medal at the Games
– Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (MTB): cOlympic cross-country champion, vice-world champion in short-track cross-country, European champion in short-track cross-country
– Angela Hug (Canoeing): Olympic vice-champion in kayak cross
– Lou Jeanmonnot (Biathlon): women's relay team world champion, single relay, sprint bronze medals, mass start at the Worlds, winner of the mass start small globe, 2nd in the general World Cup rankings
– Camille Jedrzejewski (Shooting): Olympic vice-champion in pistol at 25 m
– Althéa Laurin (Taekwondo) : cOlympic champion + 67 kg, European champion -73 kg, world n°1
– Tess Ledeux (Freestyle skiing): winner of the X Games in big air and slopestyle, 2nd overall in the World Cup
– Cyrene Samba-Wisdom (Athletics): vice-Olympic champion in the 100 m hurdles, European champion, vice-world indoor champion (60 m hurdles)
– Julia Simon (Biathlon): world champion sprint and pursuit in individual, women's relay and mixed team relay, bronze medal in individual
– Chloe Trespeuch (Snowboardcross): winner of the big crystal globe
Vote for the team of the year!
Once again, no surprises for the nominees for the best teams of the year. Basketball players, handball players, rugby sevens players, Volleyball players, but also judokas, horse riders and archers will apply for this honorary title. Just like the champions of the usual events of the sporting season: Stade Toulousain, RC Vannes, Stade Brestois and Olympique Lyonnais.
The list of teams:
– French eventing team (Horse riding): vOlympic ice-champion (Landois, Laghouag, Touzaint)
– French women's team (Basketball): Olympic vice-champion
– French women's team (Biathlon): relay world champion (Jeanmonnot, Chauveau, Braisaz-Bouchet, Simon)
– French women's team (Handball): Olympic vice-champion + waiting for the result at the Euro
– Men's France team (Basketball): Olympic vice-champion
– Men's France team (Rugby 7s): Olympic champion, winner of the World Series (Seven Series)
– Men's France team (Archery): Olympic vice-champion and European champion (Chirault, Valladont, Addis)
– Men's France team (Volleyball): Olympic champion, winner of the League of Nations
– Mixed French team (Biathlon): cmixed relay world champion (Perrot, Fillon Maillet, Braisaz-Bouchet, Simon)
– Mixed French team (Judo): Olympic champion (Cysique, Gaba, Gahié, Ngayap Hambou, Dicko, Riner, Agbégnénou)
– Alexis and Félix Lebrun (Table tennis): bronze medal at the Games and vice-world team champions (with Simon Gauzy), winner of the WTT doubles finals, world no. 1 in doubles
– Olympique Lyonnais women (Football): champion of France and finalist of the Champions League
– RC Vannes (Rugby): Pro D2 champion and accession to the Top 14
– Brest Stadium (Football): 3rd in Ligue 1, qualified for the Champions League H
– Toulouse Stadium (Rugby): champion of Europe and France H
The Ouest-France editorial team will also elect its champion, its champion and its team of the year. The results will be announced at the end of December.
