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In 2012, the French Olympic Committee fielded 330 athletes in 24 different sports.
There are 708 athletes competing for France at the 2008 Olympic games.
In 2012, the French Olympic Committee is fielding 330 athletes in 24 different sports; field hockey and volleyball are the only sports in which France has no Olympic representation.
Luxembourg first sent an official team to the Olympics at the 1912 Games in Stockholm. They sent 21 athletes to compete in gymnastics and athletics. They won no medals. But the first athlete born in Luxembourg to compete at the Olympics was Michel Théato who won gold in the marathon at the 1900 Games in Paris. Michel lived in Paris and, at the time, was considered part of the French Olympic team.
It caused a flood of track athletes into the French Olympic team after all the running practice they had.
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Sports that French athletes competed in at the 2008 Games in Beijing: Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Canoeing, Cycling, Equestrian, Fencing, Gymnastics, Handball, Judo, Modern pentathlon, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Table tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon, Weightlifting, and Wrestling.
There was only one person on the French olympic team fo 2008. Her name is Aine O Connor. She is cool. She won every event. She bet Usain Bolt by 99m inthe 100m sprint.
The French have had a number of successful Olympic athletes. Some of these include Marie-Jose Perec, Thierry Henry, and Amelie Mauresmo.
The French Olympic Committee sent a total of 330 athletes to the Games, 183 men and 147 women, to compete in 24 sports. France won a total of 34 medals - 11 gold, 11 silver, and 12 bronze. France national men's handball team was one of the gold medal winners with 15 members receiving gold medals
there are 334 french athletes competting in the Beijing 2008 Olympics!!
French Olympic Committee was created in 1894.