# Gloire du sport

The Gloire du sport, or France National Sports Hall of Fame (French: Glory of Sport), is a Hall of Fame award that is given to former athletes, sports leaders, sports coaches and sports journalists, who have greatly contributed to sports in the country of France. The award is given by the Fédération des internationaux du sport français (Federation of French International Sports). The award was first given in 1993.

## Selection criteria

The award aims to reward individuals who have had an exemplary career in their fields. The first induction of Glories of Sport were awarded on March 12, 1993. Since then, new honorees are awarded each year. In order to be eligible for the award, if a nominee is still living, then a period of 10 years of time since the end of their career must have passed. In terms of selection criteria, in addition to pure sporting results, the individual's impact and influence on society are also considered.

## Most represented disciplines

Among some of the most represented disciplines are: athletics (29), cycling (27), fencing (20), alpine skiing (17), rugby (15), football (13), swimming (13), tennis (12), judo (12), mountaineering (10), basketball (9), rowing (9), aviation (8), boxing (8), wrestling (6), figure skating (5), canoeing (4).

## Glories of Sport A–F

| Honoree | Year Awarded |
| Clément Ader | 1994 |
| Pierre Albaladejo | 2004 |
| Émile Allais | 1993 |
| Luc Alphand | 2014 |
| Manuel Amoros | 2017 |
| Guy Amouretti | 2004 |
| Georges André | 1993 |
| Jacques Anquetil | 1993 |
| Émile Anthoine | 1995 |
| Roger Antoine | 2008 |
| Joseph Apesteguy | 1993 |
| Jacques Augendre | 2015 |
| Jacqueline Auriol | 1995 |
| Isabelle Autissier | 2011 |
| Félicia Ballanger | 2010 |
| Roger Bambuck | 2001 |
| Guy Basquet | 1998 |
| Maryse Bastié | 1997 |
| Albert Batteux | 1995 |
| Roger Beaufrand | 2008 |
| Jean de Beaumont | 1998 |
| Jean Behra | 2002 |
| Yves Bergougnan | 2009 |
| Monique Berlioux | 2005 |
| Suzanne Berlioux | 2001 |
| Marcel Bernard | 2002 |
| Michel Bernard | 2002 |
| Colette Besson | 2004 |
| Jean-Paul Beugnot | 2013 |
| Louis Blériot | 1995 |
| Louison Bobet | 1993 |
| Robert Bobin | 2003 |
| Philippe Boisse | 2006 |
| Raymond Boisset | 1998 |
| Rolland Boitelle | 2004 |
| Jean Boiteux | 1995 |
| Adrienne Bolland | 1999 |
| Alain Bombard | 2000 |
| René Bondoux | 1996 |
| Honoré Bonnet | 1996 |
| Marguerite Bordes-Broquedis | 2001 |
| Jean Borotra | 1993 |
| Élisabeth Boselli | 2002 |
| Hélène Boucher | 1996 |
| Jean Bouin | 1993 |
| Christian Boussus | 2000 |
| Joël Bouzou | 2016 |
| Gilbert Bozon | 1999 |
| Georges Briquet | 2008 |
| Jean-Claude Brondani | 2012 |
| Jacques Brugnon | 1994 |
| Pierre Brunet & Andrée Joly | 1994 |
| Georges Buchard | 1999 |
| André Buffière | 1995 |
| Jehan Buhan | 1996 |
| Robert Busnel | 1994 |
| Jacques Cachemire | 2016 |
| Alain Calmat | 1996 |
| Renée Camu | 2005 |
| Christine Caron | 1997 |
| Georges Carpentier | 1993 |
| Michel Carrega | 1998 |
| Christian Carrère | 2000 |
| Philippe Cattiau | 1997 |
| Marcel Cerdan | 1993 |
| Armand Charlet | 1998 |
| Philippe Chatrier | 2004 |
| Pierre Chayriguès | 1994 |
| Jacky Chazalon | 2003 |
| Eugène Christophe | 2003 |
| Robert Christophe | 2010 |
| Roger Closset | 2012 |
| Jean-Paul Coche | 2011 |
| Henri Cochet | 1993 |
| Anne-Marie Colchen | 2002 |
| Claude Collard | 2003 |
| Charles de Coquereaumont | 2007 |
| Daniel Costantini | 2011 |
| Jean Cottard | 2012 |
| Pierre de Coubertin | 1994 |
| Roger Coulon | 1999 |
| Henri Courtine | 2001 |
| James Couttet | 1994 |
| René Crabos | 1995 |
| Michel Crauste | 1999 |
| Marceau Crespin | 2005 |
| Eugène Criqui | 1995 |
| Richard Dacoury | 2011 |
| Alain Danet | 2007 |
| André Darrigade | 2001 |
| Julien Darui | 1994 |
| Alexandra David-Néel | 2004 |
| Danièle Debernard | 2009 |
| Henri Debrus | 2006 |
| Jean Debuf | 2007 |
| Max Decugis | 2002 |
| Henri Deglane | 1994 |
| Gaston Delaplane | 1996 |
| Henri Delaunay | 2005 |
| Henri Desgrange | 1994 |
| René Desmaison | 2008 |
| Bernard Destremau | 1998 |
| Brigitte Deydier | 2012 |
| Stéphane Diagana | 2016 |
| Jean Djorkaeff | 2013 |
| Maxime Dorigo | 2011 |
| Raymond Dot | 2002 |
| Georges Dransart | 1997 |
| Guy Drut | 1997 |
| Jacqueline du Bief | 1995 |
| Hervé Dubuisson | 2012 |
| Nicole Duclos | 1999 |
| Roger Ducret | 1995 |
| André Dufraisse | 2005 |
| René Duhamel | 1996 |
| François Dujardin | 1996 |
| Yves du Manoir | 1994 |
| Adrien Duvillard | 2011 |
| Henri Eberhardt | 2005 |
| Boughera El Ouafi | 1995 |
| Annie Famose | 2001 |
| Jacques Ferran | 2017 |
| Albert Ferrasse | 2002 |
| Alain Feuillette | 2015 |
| Just Fontaine | 1995 |
| Jacques Fouroux | 2013 |
| 1966 Alpine Ski Team | 2017 |
| Roger Frison-Roche | 1997 |

## Glories of Sport G–K

| Honoree | Year Awarded |
| Jean Galfione | 2014 |
| Lucien Gamblin | 2000 |
| Jean Garaialde | 1996 |
| Edward Gardère | 1996 |
| Renée Garilhe | 2010 |
| Maurice Garin | 1997 |
| Gustave Garrigou | 2008 |
| Roland Garros | 1997 |
| Jean-Philippe Gatien | 2013 |
| Lucien Gaudin | 1994 |
| Alain Gerbault | 1993 |
| Maurice Gicquel | 2011 |
| Alain Giletti | 1998 |
| Alain Gilles | 2007 |
| Jacques Goddet | 1995 |
| Christine Goitschel | 1993 |
| Marielle Goitschel | 1998 |
| Edgar Grospiron | 2013 |
| Irène Guidotti | 2014 |
| Joseph Guillemot | 1994 |
| Jacques Guittet | 2015 |
| Fabrice Guy | 2015 |
| Jean-Jacques Guyon | 2006 |
| Michel Haguenauer | 1997 |
| Alphonse Halimi | 1996 |
| Marcel Hansenne | 1995 |
| Ignace Heinrich | 1995 |
| Jean de Herdt | 1998 |
| Virginie Hériot | 1994 |
| Maurice Herzog | 1994 |
| Béatrice Hess | 2015 |
| Michel Hidalgo | 2015 |
| Bernard Hinault | 2000 |
| Louis Hostin | 1994 |
| Maurice Houvion | 2010 |
| Michèle Jacot | 2000 |
| Alexandre Jany | 1994 |
| Adolphe Jauréguy | 1994 |
| Michel Jazy | 1993 |
| Sandra de Jenken Eversmann | 2014 |
| Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi | 2011 |
| Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola | 1994 |
| Robert Jonquet | 2003 |
| André Jousseaume | 1996 |
| Jean-Claude Killy | 1993 |
| Raymond Kopa | 1993 |

## Glories of Sport L–P

| Honoree | Year Awarded |
| Jacques Lacarrière | 2007 |
| Louis Lachenal | 1995 |
| Catherine Lacoste | 1997 |
| René Lacoste | 1993 |
| Simone Lacoste | 2001 |
| Léo Lacroix | 2005 |
| Jules Ladoumègue | 1993 |
| Denis Lalanne | 2014 |
| Jean-François Lamour | 2008 |
| Bernard Lapasset | 2014 |
| Roger Lapébie | 1997 |
| Octave Lapize | 1994 |
| André Leducq | 1993 |
| Janou Lefèbvre | 1995 |
| Suzanne Lenglen | 1993 |
| Roger Lerou | 1997 |
| Xavier Lesage | 1995 |
| Émile Levassor | 1997 |
| Félix Lévitan | 1999 |
| Pierre Lewden | 1999 |
| Alain Lunzenfichter | 2016 |
| Francis Luyce | 1998 |
| Marc Madiot | 2017 |
| Arthur Magakian | 2009 |
| Jean-Claude Magnan | 1997 |
| Antonin Magne | 1995 |
| Joseph Maigrot | 2001 |
| Bernard Malivoire | 1998 |
| Claude Mandonnaud | 2006 |
| Jules Marcadet | 2002 |
| Jacques Marchand | 2011 |
| Roger Marche | 1995 |
| Patrice Martin | 2012 |
| Séra Martin | 2000 |
| Marie Marvingt | 1995 |
| Armand Massard | 1994 |
| Arnaud Massy | 2009 |
| Simonne Mathieu | 1995 |
| Étienne Mattler | 1995 |
| Chantal Mauduit | 1999 |
| Georges Mauduit | 2002 |
| Pierre Mazeaud | 2008 |
| Gaston Mercier | 1998 |
| Carole Merle | 2016 |
| Gaston Meyer | 2000 |
| Lucien Mias | 1995 |
| Lucien Michard | 1996 |
| Thierry Michaud | 2014 |
| Roger Michelot | 1997 |
| Alice Milliat | 1998 |
| Alain Mimoun | 1993 |
| Isabelle Mir | 2004 |
| Bernard Monnereau | 1996 |
| Georges Monneret | 1996 |
| Mady Moreau | 2005 |
| Daniel Morelon | 1994 |
| Sophie Moressée-Pichot | 2015 |
| Alain Mosconi | 2004 |
| Michèle Mouton | 2012 |
| Camille Muffat | 2017 |
| Alfred Nakache | 1995 |
| Jean-Claude Nallet | 2010 |
| Claude Netter | 2006 |
| Paul Nicolas | 1996 |
| Christian Noël | 2000 |
| Jules Noël | 1998 |
| Philippe Omnès | 2016 |
| Jean-Michel Oprendek | 2017 |
| Henri Oreiller | 1995 |
| Christian d'Oriola | 1993 |
| Micheline Ostermeyer | 1994 |
| Robert Oubron | 2006 |
| Charles Pacôme | 1996 |
| Henri Padou | 1994 |
| Nelson Paillou | 2006 |
| Raoul Paoli | 2002 |
| Robert Paragot | 2014 |
| Robert Parienté | 2007 |
| Bernard Pariset | 2006 |
| Angelo Parisi | 2004 |
| Michel Pécheux | 2007 |
| Perrine Pelen | 2011 |
| Nicole Péllissard-Darrigrand | 2003 |
| Henri Pélissier | 1993 |
| Marie-José Pérec | 2015 |
| Young Perez | 2007 |
| Guy Périllat | 1997 |
| Lucien Petit-Breton | 2004 |
| Georges Pfeiffer | 2013 |
| Jean-Paul Pierrat | 1999 |
| Claude Piquemal | 2012 |
| Émile Pladner | 1998 |
| Michel Platini | 1999 |
| Catherine Plewinski | 2013 |
| Émile Poilvé | 2000 |
| Raymond Pointu | 2013 |
| Raphaël Poirée | 2016 |
| Paul Pons | 2003 |
| Jean-Michel Poulet | 2017 |
| Raymond Poulidor | 1994 |
| Jean Prat | 1994 |
| Alain Prost | 2010 |
| Puig-Aubert | 1997 |

## Glories of Sport Q–U

| Honoree | Year Awarded |
| Gaston Rébuffat | 1996 |
| Frantz Reichel | 1994 |
| Thierry Rey | 2013 |
| Philippe Riboud | 2007 |
| Georges Rigal | 1995 |
| Antoine Rigaudeau | 2017 |
| Elizabeth Riffiod | 1993 |
| Charles Rigoulot | 1993 |
| Jules Rimet | 1994 |
| Jean-Pierre Rives | 2005 |
| Roger Rivière | 1995 |
| Jean Robic | 1999 |
| Daniel Robin | 1995 |
| Jean-Luc Rougé | 2003 |
| Max Rousié | 1999 |
| Florian Rousseau | 2012 |
| Michel Rousseau | 2009 |
| Karine Ruby | 2016 |
| Georges de Saint-Clair | 2000 |
| Yves Saint-Martin | 2000 |
| Raymond Salles | 1998 |
| Bernard Schmetz | 2009 |
| Alfred Schoebel | 2008 |
| Jacques Secrétin | 2006 |
| Jean Séphériades | 1994 |
| Henri Sérandour | 2010 |
| Annette Sergent | 2005 |
| Victor Sillon | 2008 |
| Yannick Souvre | 2013 |
| Walter Spanghero | 2003 |
| Georges Speicher | 2001 |
| Éric Srecki | 2010 |
| Alphonse Steinès | 2010 |
| Florence Steurer | 2007 |
| Philippe Streiff | 2012 |
| Éric Tabarly | 1994 |
| Jean Taris | 1993 |
| Lionel Terray | 1994 |
| Charles Terront | 1997 |
| Bernard Thévenet | 2009 |
| Marcel Thil | 1993 |
| Jocelyne Triadou | 2010 |
| Pascale Trinquet | 2003 |
| Jean Urruty | 1995 |

## Glories of Sport V–Z

| Honoree | Year Awarded |
| Patrick Vajda | 2009 |
| Georges Vallerey Jr. | 2001 |
| Jacqueline Vaudecrane | 1996 |
| Paul-Émile Victor | 1998 |
| Tola Vologe | 1996 |
| Jean Vuarnet | 1996 |
| Jean-Pierre Wimille | 1996 |
| Gilles Zok | 2009 |