The Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games (COJOP2024) (french: Comité d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de Paris 2024) is the organising committee for the

2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la XXXIIIe Olympiade, links=no) and also known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international multi-sport event that is s ...

and the

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which are scheduled to be held in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, France.

Tony Estanguet Tony Estanguet (born 6 May 1978 in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pau) is a French Canoe slalom, slalom canoeist and a three-time Olympic champion in C1. He competed at the international level from 1994 to 2012. Racing career Estanguet won thre ...

serves as president of the committee. Étienne Thobois serves as director general. The committee was established on 18 January 2018. The committee has an agreement with the TOCOG2020 of the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics to share knowledge and expertise. The committee also has an agreement with the organising committee of the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics to share knowledge and resources as well as joint communication and advocacy.

Board of directors

The board of directors consists of the following members and it includes representatives of several public bodies and society. *

, president *

Bernard Lapasset Bernard Lapasset (born 20 October 1947) is a French rugby administrator who was Chairman of the World Rugby from 2008 to 2016. He previously served as President of the French Federation of Rugby Union from 1991 to May 2008, when Pierre Camou, t ...

, honorary president *

Guy Drut Guy Drut (born 6 December 1950) is an Olympic champion and politician who won gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal in the 110 m hurdles. In 1996, he became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Biography Sports career Bo ...

and

Jean-Christophe Rolland Jean-Christophe Rolland (born 3 July 1968, in Condrieu) is a French competition rower and Olympic champion. Rolland won a gold medal in coxless pair at the 2000 Summer Olympics.International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...

(IOC) * Brigitte Henriques, president of

French National Olympic and Sports Committee The French National Olympic and Sports Committee (french: Comité national olympique et sportif français, CNOSF) is the National Olympic Committee of France. It is responsible for France's participation in the Olympic Games, as well as for all ...

(''Comité national olympique et sportif français'', CNOSF) * Didier Seminet, secretary general of the CNOSF *

Gwladys Épangue Gwladys Patience Épangue (born 15 August 1983 in Clichy-la-Garenne, France) is a French taekwondo athlete. Representing France at the 2005 World Taekwondo Championships in Madrid, she won the silver medal in the welter ...

and

Fabien Gilot Fabien Pierre Aurélien Dominique Gilot (born 27 April 1984) is a French Olympic and world champion swimmer. Early life Gilot was born in Denain, France, to Michel and Yveline Gilot. He started by playing water polo, before switching to swimmi ...

, co-presidents of the High Level Athletes' Commission (''Commission des athlètes de haut-niveau'', CAHN) * Evelyne Ciriegi, president of the Greater Paris Regional Olympic and Sports Committee (''Comité Régional Olympique et Sportif Ile-de-France'', CROSIF) *

Marie-Amélie Le Fur Marie-Amélie Le Fur (; born 26 September 1988) is a French Paralympic athlete from Vendôme, Centre Region, competing in T44 sprint and F44 long jump events. Her left leg was amputated below the knee following a motor scooter accident in 2004 ...

, president of the French Paralympic and Sports Committee (''Comité Paralympique et Sportif Français'', CPSF) * Guislaine Westelynck, president of the French Handisport Federation (''Fédération Française Handisport'', FFH) * Cyril Moré, representative of Paralympic athletes * Tanguy de La Forest, secretary general of the French Paralympic and Sports Committee * Valérie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux, president of the French Olympians Association *

Guy Forget Guy Forget (; born 4 January 1965) is a French tennis administrator and retired professional player. During his career, he helped France win the Davis Cup in both 1991 and 1996. Since retiring as a player, he has served as France's Davis Cup te ...

, athlete selected by the organising committee *

Martin Fourcade Martin Fourcade (; born 14 September 1988) is a French biathlete and sous-lieutenant. He is a five-time Olympic champion, a thirteen-time World Champion and a seven-time winner of the Overall World Cup. As of February 2018, he is the most succes ...

, athlete selected by the organising committee * Nantenin Keita, athlete selected by the organising committee * Sarah Ourahmoune, athlete selected by the organising committee Representatives of public bodies: *

Anne Hidalgo Ana María "Anne" Hidalgo Aleu (, ; born 1959) is a Spanish-French politician who has served as Mayor of Paris since 2014, the first woman to hold the office. She is a member of the Socialist Party. Hidalgo served as First Deputy Mayor of Paris ...

, mayor of France, representative of

Council of Paris The Council of Paris ( French: ''Conseil de Paris'') is the deliberative body responsible for governing Paris, the capital of France. It possesses both the powers of a municipal council (''conseil municipal'') and those of a departmental counc ...

* Emmanuel Grégoire, deputy mayor of France, representative of Council of Paris *

Pierre Rabadan Pierre Rabadan (born 3 July 1980, in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone), is French international rugby union player, who plays his club rugby for Stade Français. A specialist Number 8, Rabadan originally played for Pays d'Aix RC, but since 1998 ...

, deputy for sports, representative of Council of Paris *

Valérie Pécresse Valérie Pécresse (; born Roux, 14 July 1967) is a French politician who has served as President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France since 2015. A member of The Republicans (LR), she previously served as Minister of Higher Education and ...

, president of

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, representative of the Greater Paris region * Patrick Karam, vice-president of the Regional Council of Île-de-France * Vincent Roger, Special Envoy of the Regional Council of Île-de-France to the Olympic and Paralympic Games * Roxana Mărăcineanu, Minister Delegate for Sport, attached to the Minister of National Education, Youth and Sport, government representative *

Sophie Cluzel Sophie Cluzel (; born 7 January 1961) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as the Secretary of State in charge of People with Disabilities in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Je ...

, Secretary of State for People with Disabilities, government representative *

Olivier Dussopt Olivier Dussopt (born 16 August 1978 in Annonay, Ardèche) is French politician who has been serving as the minister of labour, employment and integration in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since 2022. He previously served as th ...

, Minister Delegate for Public Accounts, attached to the Minister of the Economy, Finance and the Recovery, government representative * Stéphane Troussel, president of

Departmental Council of Seine-Saint-Denis The Departmental Council of Seine-Saint-Denis ( French: ''Conseil départemental de la Seine-Saint-Denis'') is the deliberative assembly of the Seine-Saint-Denis department in France. It consists of 30 members (''general councilors'') and its head ...

* Mathieu Hanotin, departmental advisor, representative of Departmental Council of Seine-Saint-Denis, also president of the Plaine Commune combined authority *

Patrick Ollier Patrick Ollier (born 17 December 1944) is a French politician. He is the Mayor of Rueil-Malmaison. He was a national assembly deputy for Hauts-Alpes's 2nd constituency from 1988 to 2002, as a member of the UMP. Secondly for Hauts-de-Seine's ...

, president of Greater Paris * Quentin Gesell, mayor of

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, representative of Greater Paris area *

Benoît Payan Benoît Payan (born 31 January 1978) is a French politician who has served as Mayor of Marseille since 2020. He is a member of the Socialist Party (PS). Early life Payan was born and raised in Pont-de-Vivaux, in the 10th arrondissement of Marse ...

, mayor of

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

, representative of authorities beyond the Greater Paris area * Michel Cadot, Interministerial Delegate for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games * Nicolas Ferrand, CEO of SOLIDEO * Jean-Baptiste Borsali, mayor of

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, representative of Terres d'Envol combined authority Representatives of society: *

Bernard Thibault Bernard Thibault, born in 1959, was the secretary of the Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT) between 1999 and 2013, a French workers' union. He represents the moderate wing of the CGT, as opposed to the more radical wing noted in Marseill ...

, member of governing board of the

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* Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, chair of Movement of the Enterprises of France (''

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'', MEDEF) *

Alexandre Mars Alexandre Mars is a French entrepreneur, philanthropist and author. Entrepreneurship In 1992, at the age of 17 and while still in high school, Alexandre Mars started his first venture organizing concerts. The money he earned allowed him to la ...

, president/founder of the Epic Foundation * Alain Rochon, president of ''APF France handicap'' * Michel Cymes, doctor and surgeon * Stéphanie Goujon, CEO of ''Agence du Don en Nature'' * Ryadh Sallem, Paralympian, founder of CAPSAAA foundation (''Cap sport art aventure amitié Paris'')

Athletes’ Commission

The Athletes’ Commission is focused on the experience of the athletes competing at the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics and the commission consists of following 18 members: *

, Olympic biathlete and president of the commission *

Julien Benneteau Julien Henry Guy Benneteau-Desgrois (; born 20 December 1981) is a French retired professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is ATP world no. 25, which he reached in November 2014. He formerly resided in Boulogne-Billancourt and ...

, Olympic tennis player * Marie Bochet, Paralympic alpine skier *

Perle Bouge Perle Bouge (born 1 December 1977 in Rennes) is a French disabled rower, with a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, and a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio. Biography Bouge participated in the trunk and ar ...

, Paralympic rower * Lucas Créange, Paralympic table tennis player * Théo Curin, Paralympic swimmer * Hélène Defrance, Olympic sailor *

Stéphane Diagana Stéphane Diagana (born 23 July 1969 in Saint-Affrique, Aveyron) is a retired, French track and field sprinter and hurdler. His specialities were the 400 metres hurdles and the 4 x 400 metres relay. Diagana won the 400 metres h ...

, Olympic athlete * Gévrise Émane, Olympic judoka *

, Olympic taekwondo practitioner *

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 ...

, Olympic handball player *

, Olympic swimmer *

Astrid Guyart Astrid Guyart (born 17 March 1983) is a French right-handed foil fencer, author, and aerospace engineer. A three-time Olympian, Guyart is a 2021 team Olympic silver medalist. She is the younger sister of foil fencer and Olympic champion Bric ...

, Olympic fencer * Jessica Harrison, Olympic triathlete *

Fanny Horta Fanny Horta (born 22 January 1986) is a rugby union player. She represented at the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup, and 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup. She captained France at the 2014 China Women's Sevens. She was selected as a member of France's ...

, Olympic rugby union player *

Michaël Jérémiasz Michaël Jérémiasz (born 15 October 1981, in Paris) is a French former professional wheelchair tennis player. He won a gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, and has completed the career Super Slam in doubles. ...

, Paralympic wheelchair tennis player *

Florian Rousseau Florian Rousseau (born 3 February 1974 in Orléans) is a former French track cyclist who won three gold medals and one silver at the Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000). He was popular among spectators for the facial expressions he pulled - many of t ...

, Olympic track cyclist *

Diandra Tchatchouang Diandra Tchatchouang (born 14 June 1991) is a French basketball player for CJM Bourges Basket Tango Bourges Basket (formerly ''Cercle Jean-Macé Bourges Basket'') is a French women's basketball club from Bourges. Bourges was the first France, ...

, Olympic basketball player (she joined after

Marine Johannès Marine Johannès (born 21 January 1995) is a French basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Lyon Asvel Feminin in the French League. A native of Lisieux in Cavaldos, she also plays ...

left the commission in April 2019)

References

External links

Official website
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Board of directors

Athletes’ Commission

See also

References

External links