2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
in
Sydney
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, Australia. 336 competitors, 211 men and 125 women, took part in 196 events in 28 sports.
Medalists
Archery
Sebastian Flute performed better in 2000 than he had in 1996, but still couldn't match the
gold medal
A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture.
Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
he had won in 1992.
Jocelyn de Grandis
Jocelyn de Grandis (born 23 November 1980, in Besançon) is a French archer.
De Grandis competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. Despite being ranked as number 11 beforehand, he was defeated in the first round of elimin ...
was the only other French archer to win a match.
Men
Women
Athletics
This was the first time since
1936
Events
January–February
* January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
that France failed to win a single Olympic medal in athletics.
Men's track
Men's field
Women's track
Women's field
Combined events
;Decathlon
;Heptathlon
Badminton
Men's singles
Women's singles
Basketball
;Men's team Roster
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Jim Bilba
Jim Ruddy Anicet Bilba (born April 17, 1968 in Pointe-à-Pitre) is a former professional basketball player and coach, from France.
Professional career
Bilba won the EuroLeague championship with Limoges CSP in 1993.
National team career
Bilba ...
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Yann Bonato
Yann Jean Claude Bonato (born March 4, 1972 in Cannes) is a former professional basketball player from France, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with the senior French Men's National Team.
College career
Bonato played college ...
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Makan Dioumassi
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Laurent Foirest
Laurent Foirest (born 18 September 1973) is a former French professional basketball player. At a height of 6' 6" (1.98 m) tall, he played at the small forward position.
Professional career
Foirest played professionally with Saski Baskonia of the ...
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Thierry Gadou
Thierry Gadou (born 13 January 1969 in Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains) is a French basketball player formerly with Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez. Gadou won a silver medal with the France national basketball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Th ...
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David Gauthier
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Life and career
Gauthie ...
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Cyril Julian
Cyril Julian (born 29 March 1974 in Castres, Tarn) is a French former men's professional basketball player. He spent most of his club career with the pro club SLUC Nancy in France.
Club career
After a stint in Tarbes where he started at ...
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Crawford Palmer
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Antoine Rigaudeau
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Stéphane Risacher
Stéphane Risacher (born 26 August 1972 in Moulins, Allier) is a basketball player from France, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known ...
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Dwayne Scholten
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History
St. Dubhán was an Irish monk who established an abbey in Hook Head, Ireland during the 5th century. As a surname it is O'Dubh ...
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Laurent Sciarra
Laurent Sciarra (born 8 August 1973) is a former French professional basketball player.
Professional career
Sciarra began his professional career in 1990, with Hyères-Toulon Var Basket, and he moved to Paris Basket Racing in 1993. He played wit ...
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Moustapha Sonko
Moustapha Sonko (born 14 June 1972 in Paris, France) is a former professional basketball player from France
Professional career
Sonko was the French 2nd Division French Player's MVP in 1993. He was the French 1st Division's French Player ...
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Frédéric Weis
Frédéric Weis (born 22 June 1977) is a French former professional basketball player.
Professional career
During his pro career, Weis played with Unicaja Málaga and Iurbentia Bilbao of the Spanish ACB League, PAOK Thessaloniki in the Greek ...
;Women's Team Roster
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Nicole Antibe
Nicole Antibe (born 11 April 1974 in Paris, France
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Lucienne Berthieu
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Isabelle Fijalkowski
Isabelle Fijalkowski, now Isabelle Fijalkowski-Tournebize (born May 23, 1972 in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme), is a retired French basketball player. She was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2011.
Career
United States
F ...
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Edwige Lawson
Edwige Lawson (born May 14, 1979), also Edwige Lawson-Wade, is a French former professional women's basketball player.
A point guard, Lawson started her professional career at the age of 17. She has played in Bordeaux, Aix-en-Provence, and Vale ...
Catherine Melain
Catherine Melain (born 19 May 1974) is a French former basketball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was born in Rennes.
References
1974 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Rennes
French women's basketball pla ...
Audrey Sauret
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Bruno Martini
Bruno Ludovic Jean Roger Martini (25 January 1962 – 20 October 2020) was a French professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
His professional career was closely associated with Auxerre, for which he played 13 years. Having won more t ...
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Cédric Burdet
Cédric Burdet (born 15 November 1974 in Belley, Ain) is a retired French handball player who played most of his career in French handball team Montpellier HB until his retirement in 2009 (with a national championship victory).
His career wit ...
Didier Dinart
Didier Dinart (born 18 January 1977) is a French retired handball player and current coach of US Ivry Handball.
During his playing days, he played for the internationally renowned BM Ciudad Real handball team in Spain (where he was partner to, am ...
Guillaume Gille
Guillaume Alain Gille (born 12 July 1976) is a retired French handballer and current coach of the French national team.
He was the winner of the gold medal at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics and is the older brother of Bertrand Gille.
Career ...
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Jackson Richardson
Jackson Richardson (born 14 June 1969) is a retired French handball player. As the captain of the French handball team, he was the flag carrier during the Olympic Games opening ceremony in Athens on 13 August 2004.
Biography
Richardson started ...
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Jérôme Fernandez
Jérôme Fernandez (born 7 March 1977) is a retired French handball player. He was a captain of the France men's national handball team and currently holds the record for the number of goals for France's national team (1443 up to January 9, 2020) ...
Patrick Cazal
Patrick Cazal (born 1971) is a French team handball player. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where the French team placed 6th. Since retiring from competitions in 2008 he worked as a handball coach, with Dunkerque Handball Grand Littora ...
Christelle Joseph-Mathieu
Christelle Joseph-Mathieu (born 16 August 1975) is a French handball player. She competed as a right back in the Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, women's tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Her sister is a goalk ...
Isabelle Wendling
Isabelle Wendling (born 30 January 1971, in Boulay-Moselle) is a French handball player and member of a former World Champion France national team.
She became World Champion in 2003, when France won the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship i ...
Myriam Korfanty
Myriam Korfanty (born 1978) is a French team handball player. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Nodjialem Myaro
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Sandrine Delerce
Sandrine Delerce (born 26 April 1975) is a French handball player.
She was born in Besançon, Doubs, France. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, when the French team finished 6th, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics, when France finished 4th.
...
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Stéphanie Cano
Stéphanie Cano (born 1974) is a French handball player who has played for the French national team. She participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China, where the French team placed fifth.
References
1974 births
Living people
Sportspe ...
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Stéphanie Ludwig
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She was born in Casablanca, Morocco. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, when the French team finished 6th.
She was part of the French team that won gold medals at the ...
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Valérie Nicolas
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Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland
Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland (born 9 October 1972 in Voiron, Isère) is a French former handballer who played for the French national team. She received a gold medal at the 2003 World Championship and a silver medal at the 1999 World Champions ...
;Teams' results
Judo
Men's Competition
Women's Competition
Modern pentathlon
Rhythmic gymnastics
;Individual
;Team
Rowing
Men
Women
Sailing
France competed in six of the Sailing events at the Sydney Olympics.
;Individual events
;Men's Soling
Shooting
;Men
;Women
Swimming
;Men
;Women
Synchronized swimming
Table tennis
;Singles
;Doubles
Taekwondo
Tennis
Men's singles
Men's doubles
Women's singles
Women's doubles
Trampolining
Triathlon
France's competitors at the first Olympic triathlon included twins Beatrice Mouthon and
Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys
Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys (born 14 June 1966 in Annecy) is an athlete from France, who competes in triathlon.
Mouthon competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She took seventh place with a total time of 2:02:53.41. H ...
. Isabelle was one of the three French triathletes to place in the top eight.
Weightlifting
Men
Women
Wrestling
See also
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France at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
There were 30 on wheelchairs and 110 on foot athletes representing the country at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.
Medal table
See also
*France at the 2000 Summer Olympics
*France at the Paralympics
References
Bibliography
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External ...
2000
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Olympics
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...