Frédérique Quentin 

Frédérique Quentin will carry the Olympic Torch. This is her story:

Frédérique is a former top-level athlete who represented France for more than ten years as part of the national team. Her career led her to the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996, where she shone on the international stage. Despite getting injured before the Sydney Olympics, she nevertheless took part as a journalist for a web site, demonstrating her unwavering attachment to the Olympics and Paralympics. Her commitment to the world of sport continued in 2002 when she joined FDJ, a partner of the Paris 2024 Games.

She developed support programmes for top-level sportswomen and sportsmen, helping them to plan their career transition more effectively. At the same time, she also worked to develop women's sport. In 2002, Frédérique founded the ODYSSEA association, of which she is still chairwoman, dedicated to the fight against breast cancer. Over the last 20 years, the association mobilised over 1.5 million people across France and raised over 13 million euros to support research into the disease and initiatives to improve the lives of women and their entourages.

In addition, the association promotes physical activity and to its preventive benefits as well as its positive impact on mental well-being. For Frédérique, sport has become a real vector for health and solidarity. As an elected member of the French Federation of Athletics' board of directors, she chairs the gender equality commission, working to promote equality at all levels within the FFA.

The Olympic Games have always been at the heart of her life, initially as a personal goal in her youth, then as a professional project through partnerships with the CNOSF, the CPSF and the athletes supported by FDJ throughout their career. Carrying the Olympic Torch in France is a symbolic way of closing the chapter she began over 40 years ago with this global event, even if she will continue to be a fervent spectator at future Olympic and Paralympic Games.