baron-pierreIV Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 Zinedin Zidane? Leslie Caron? Baron Pierre de Coubertin IV?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger87 Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 Marie-José Pérec Lilian Thuram Teddy Rinet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinXTC Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 Someone most people won't know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neige Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 Teddy Riner (but he may still participate as an athlete...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 Astérix. (But not Obélix, who was banned from competing due to lifelong dependence on a performance-enhancing drug). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger87 Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 5 minutes ago, JMarkSnow2012 said: Astérix. (But not Obélix, who was banned from competing due to lifelong dependence on a performance-enhancing drug). That's explain why Obelix was for a season in Russia 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinXTC Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 5 hours ago, neige said: Teddy Riner (but he may still participate as an athlete...) That didn't stop Sydney from having Cathy Freeman light the cauldron. Although that was mostly because it was a celebration of women in the Olympics as well as they wanted a large aboriginal presence, and what better way to do that than have a female aboriginal athlete light the cauldron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger87 Posted May 22, 2017 Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 If you also want women - Amélie Mauresco - Silver at tennis. But then you may go with the first glorious generation of French swimmers - Alain Bernard, Amaury Leveaux and Frederic Bousquet, or going with the moral leader of handball Nikola Karabatic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger87 Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Other names: Renaud Lavillenie, Florent Manaudou (In an speedo )... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted May 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Brigette Bardot!! Jeanne Moreau!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger87 Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 2 hours ago, baron-pierreIV said: Brigette Bardot!! Jeanne Moreau!! Please not Alain Delon or Brigitte Bardot, FN enablers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger87 Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 One of the current stars of boxing in France Tony Yoka. Golden medal in 2016 Rio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted June 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 NO! Not another boxer. It represents one of the stupidest, most pointless "sports." Mohammed ALi;s lighting in 1996 was one of the most PATHETIC choices of final lighters I had ever seen. What a wasted opportunity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger87 Posted June 25, 2017 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 Another one, Olympic medalist Benoit Caranobe - The surprise of Gymnastics in Beijing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 Emmanuel Macron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger87 Posted July 16, 2017 Report Share Posted July 16, 2017 Who could we forget the current Minister of Sports 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted July 16, 2017 Report Share Posted July 16, 2017 6 hours ago, Roger87 said: Who could we forget the current Minister of Sports Good call. Would she then be the first person to serve both as flag-bearer for her country and as cauldron lighter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger87 Posted July 17, 2017 Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 19 hours ago, JMarkSnow2012 said: Good call. Would she then be the first person to serve both as flag-bearer for her country and as cauldron lighter? I don't know, but if she's the first it will be a quite of record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 On 7/16/2017 at 1:35 AM, JMarkSnow2012 said: Good call. Would she then be the first person to serve both as flag-bearer for her country and as cauldron lighter? Didn't Cathy Freeman (or should have been Cathy Freewoman @ the 2000 Ceremony) do this already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted July 17, 2017 Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 3 hours ago, baron-pierreIV said: Didn't Cathy Freeman (or should have been Cathy Freewoman @ the 2000 Ceremony) do this already? I had to check this one, but no. The closest she got was that she was one of the six bearers who brought the Olympic flag into the stadium in Salt Lake City, bu never got the flag bearer duty for the Aussie team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 Laura Flessel would be a great choice. I would also add Florent Manadou's sister Laure, someone from the great French men's handball gold medal teams, David Douillet, Emilie Fer, Lucie Decosse, Julie Bresset, Eric Srecki, Jean Galfione, Jeanne Longo or even one of Flessel's Sports Ministry predecessors and a gold medalist himself in Guy Drut? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted August 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 I think France will go with an athlete or 2; then maybe one from letters and one known for his/her humanitairan deeds. Or maybe they will bring out a "long-lost" descendant of le Baron - moi!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainad Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 On 01/06/2017 at 0:55 AM, baron-pierreIV said: Brigette Bardot!! Jeanne Moreau!! Alas, Jeanne is no longer available! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/31/jeanne-moreau-star-of-jules-et-jim-dies-aged-89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted August 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Mainad said: Alas, Jeanne is no longer available! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/31/jeanne-moreau-star-of-jules-et-jim-dies-aged-89 Yeah, saw that yesterday. RIP, Mme. Moreau. Maybe Audrey Tatou or Sophie Marceau? LOL Edited August 2, 2017 by baron-pierreIV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger87 Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 9 hours ago, baron-pierreIV said: Yeah, saw that yesterday. RIP, Mme. Moreau. Maybe Audrey Tatou or Sophie Marceau? LOL In that case better Isabelle Huppert, Marion Cotillard or Juliette Binoche. Marceau is close of "has been" even in France. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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