On the proposal of Gil Avérous, Minister of Sports, Youth and Community Life, Marie-Amélie Le Fur, Paralympic champion and president of the French Paralympic and Sports Committee, is appointed president of the National Sports Agency.
The post-Paris 2024 period has begun for the National Sports Agency. With a new face at its head in the person of Marie-Amélie Le Fur. Paralympic champion and president of the French Paralympic and Sports Committee, she becomes the new president of the ANS, on the proposal of Gil Avérous, Minister of Sports, Youth and Community Life. Marie-Amélie Le Fur thus becomes the first president from the sports movement.
A new era for the ANS
An obvious choice in the eyes of Gil Avérous. “In order to write a new page, in a spirit of shared governance and confidence in the sports movement, I proposed the candidacy of Marie-Amélie Le Fur to chair the National Sports Agency”underlines the Minister of Sports, Youth and Community Life. “Her experience as an immense athlete and president of the CPSF; his determination to support the sport and move it forward; its commitment to working to open access to the practice to as many people as possible: these are all very important assets for the Agency and for French sport. Marie-Amélie Le Fur has great expertise in issues both nationally and locally. I know that she will be able to nourish the spirit of dialogue and partnership between all the components of the Agency by strengthening the two main axes of its mission, namely high performance and the development of sport for all. »
Heading towards the 2030 JOPs
“I extend my thanks to Gil Avérous and the members of the Agency for their trust. At a crucial moment for French sport, this nomination honors me as much as it commits me because the success of the Olympic and Paralympic Games must result in a tangible and lasting legacy »explains Marie-Amélie Le Fur. “In close proximity to the State, the actors of the sports movement, communities, private actors, I will use my experience as an athlete and manager to continue the dynamic driven by the National Sports Agency since 2019, both on the field of high performance as well as the development of practice. Finally, I would like to salute the work of my predecessors Michel Cadot and David Lazarus who positioned the Agency as a central player for sport, and whose model we must now make ever more effective. »
