Team Relay

Fencing in Petit-Bourg

French fencers celebrate a victory 

Picture by FFE

The French Fencing Federation (FFESCRIME) currently has 55,000 members in 850 clubs throughout France. Fencing is the French sport with the most medals at the Olympic Games, a total of 123.

Performance is a value that is deeply rooted in our culture: the Olympic Torch Relay symbolises our attachment to the values of Olympism, which encourage people to share and to surpass themselves.

We are proud to take part in the Torch Relay: its journey is all the more symbolic because it will be shared by everyone, demonstrating our unity right down to our clubs, with all our fencers taking part in this great celebration! The Flame is something to be shared and celebrated, and our athletes and members of the fencing family will be honoured to carry it to its most eagerly awaited destination in 2024, Paris.
Brigitte Saint BonnetFFESCRIME President

Team Relay in Petit-Bourg, June 15.

Picture by Paris 2024

Guadeloupe is a fencing region that has produced many champions in this sport, including Olympic medallists. This Relay represents the journey of initiation, retracing the different stages of a Guadeloupean fencer's path to the Olympic grail.

The Flame will be welcomed by traditional Guadeloupean music, honoured by the fencers and their supporters on a daily basis to symbolise the beginnings of a fencer in Guadeloupe, before reaching Olympic gold at the end of the Relay. To finish the Relay, Laura Flessel, Olympic épée double champion in 1996, will carry the Flame to her childhood club in Petit-Bourg.

Together to continue shaping our youth through the prism of sport. Together to shine a light on our Land of Champions. Fos a Peyi la.
Laura FlesselTeam Relay Captain

For the first time in the history of the Games, each day of the Olympic Torch Relay and Paralympic Torch Relay, relay teams of 24 people, made up of champions, everyday athletes, volunteers, referees, coaches, etc. will be organized to spread the energy of sport and teamwork throughout the country.