Exhibition «Focus on Olympians Villeneuvois»

From 17 July to 7 September 2024, come and discover at the Château de Flers the sporting richness of Villeneuve d'Ascq and the memory of sport in the city!
A project labeled «Villeneuve d'Ascq 2024», led by the Municipal Office of Sport and the Historical Society of Villeneuve d'Ascq.
In 26 panels, this exhibition presents athletes or volunteers with a link with Villeneuve d'Ascq. Born or living in Villeneuve, or affiliated with a sports club in the city when they participated in the Olympic or Paralympic Games.

Athletes who have participated in Olympic or Paralympic Games:

• Gustave SANDRAS,
• Léon VANDEPUTTE,
• Marcel DUMOULIN,
• Mahmoud BOUANIK,
• Christian ROUZE,
• Caroline CHIMOT,
• Grégory JACOBS,
• Redouane AOUACHRIA,
• Yohan DELATTRE,
• Marie-Paule HULEUX,
• Nathalie DECHY,
• Laurent HABOUZIT,
• José MONTEIRO,
• Mada SOW
• Claire MAIRIE,
• Antoine PEREL

Volunteers from Paris at the 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Athens:

• Fabienne PASCAL,
• Nelly PASZ
• and Sarah LAURENT
• and one future volunteer at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games: Bernadette SANZ, Federal Athletics Judge.

Young athletes from Villeneuvois who were invited by the Departmental Olympic and Sports Committee for a day at the Olympic Games in London in 2012:

• Apolline DAUCHY,
• Léa CAUCHY,
• Sofiane GUERMOUCHE

Athletes potentially selectable at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games:

• Maia HIRSCH, ESBVA LM player who plays in the French basketball team 5X5,
• Maxuella LISOWA-MBAKA, ESBVA LM player who plays with the Belgian team,
• Hugo Houyez, ACVA 800m runner
• and Anne Sophie Centis, para athlete tandem cycling blind.

MEL ambassadors supported by the City of Villeneuve d’Ascq:

• Caroline HERIAUD (ESBVA-LM),
• Janelle SALAUN (ESBVA-LM),
• Alycia CHRISTIAENS (LMRCV),
• Pierre-Antoine BAELE (VA Triathlon)