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Information on the France teams competing at Paris 2024, including squad details.

LA SVNS Antoine Dupont

France: Fact file

Form guide

Inspired by Antoine Dupont, the France men's team were crowned SVNS 2024 Champions at the inaugural Grand Final in Madrid and will go into their home Olympic Games full of confidence after a stunning 19-5 victory over League Winners Argentina in the season finale. Having broken their 19-year cup drought earlier in the season in Vancouver, France scored two second-half tries to seal the win against Los Pumas Sevens.

France's women came close to making it the perfect end to the season but came up just short in Madrid's Grand Final, losing the end-of-season gold medal match to Australia. With two third-place finishes and two second-place finishes out of the seven regular season events, Les Bleues Sevens finished a very creditable third in the SVNS standings, behind New Zealand and Australia but ahead of other Olympic contenders such as USA, Canada, Fiji, Ireland and Great Britain. 

Star dust

Sevens commentator and reporter Rob Vickerman says: "While several sevens stalwarts provided the backbone to a best-ever season, there is no denying that Antoine Dupont's presence and contribution made a colossal difference to France. Dubbed the 'best player in the world', he proved it again in the shorter form.

"In the women's squad, Séraphine Okemba has continued to be one of the best all-round stars in sevens, while also releasing her debut single."

Road to Paris 2024

France's men's and women's teams booked their places at Paris 2024 courtesy of being the host nation.

Previous Olympics

While France's men failed to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Games (played in 2021), the country's women performed heroically to claim silver and the country's first rugby sevens Olympic medal. Having topped their pool with wins against Fiji, Canada and Brazil, France beat China in the quarter-finals and Great Britain in the semi-finals before losing to New Zealand 26-12 in the gold medal match.

Four years earlier, France's teams both came through the European qualifying route to book their places at Rio 2016, and both were knocked out at the quarter-final stage, the women's team by Canada and the men by an in-form Japan.

France played in the first ever men’s and women’s rugby sevens matches at an Olympics and scored the first tries in both competitions.


 

Women's Squad

Joanna Elora Margaux

Grisez

Age 28
D.O.B 1996-10-05
Height 165cm
Weight 56kg

Grace Seraphine Juvelle

Okemba

Age 28
D.O.B 1995-12-03
Height 177cm
Weight 78kg

Lili Valentine Maria Antonieta

Dezou

Age 20
D.O.B 2004-07-08
Height 169cm
Weight 60kg

Caroline Denise Andree

Drouin

Age 28
D.O.B 1996-07-07
Height 173cm
Weight 74kg

Anne-Cecile

Ciofani ep Durbant

Age 30
D.O.B 1993-12-14
Height 180cm
Weight 72kg

Lou

Noel

Age 23
D.O.B 2000-11-25
Height 164cm
Weight 60kg

Yolaine Therese Waxaiei

Yengo

Age 31
D.O.B 1993-04-24
Height 160cm
Weight 52kg

Carla Sophie

Neisen

Age 28
D.O.B 1996-03-08
Height 164cm
Weight 67kg

Chloe

Pelle

Age 34
D.O.B 1989-11-14
Height 162cm
Weight 70kg

Camille

Grassineau

Age 34
D.O.B 1990-09-10
Height 165cm
Weight 58kg

Ian

Jason

Age 27
D.O.B 1997-01-18
Height 165cm
Weight 51kg

Chloe Alizee

Jacquet

Age 22
D.O.B 2002-04-17
Height 166cm
Weight 58kg
Men's Squad

Varian

Pasquet

Age 25
D.O.B 1999-07-29
Height 192cm
Weight 92kg

Antoine

Zeghdar

Age 25
D.O.B 1999-05-22
Height 198cm
Weight 100kg

Aaron

Grandidier Nkanang

Age 24
D.O.B 2000-05-18
Height 186cm
Weight 90kg

Paulin

Riva

Age 30
D.O.B 1994-04-20
Height 186cm
Weight 92kg

Rayan

Rebbadj

Age 25
D.O.B 1999-08-15
Height 186cm
Weight 90kg

Stephen

Parez

Age 30
D.O.B 1994-08-01
Height 174cm
Weight 79kg

Nelson

Epee

Age 23
D.O.B 2001-02-20
Height 172cm
Weight 75kg

Andy

Timo

Age 20
D.O.B 2004-05-28
Height 192cm
Weight 95kg

Jean Pascal

Barraque

Age 33
D.O.B 1991-04-24
Height 182cm
Weight 86kg

Jefferson-Lee

Joseph

Age 22
D.O.B 2002-08-29
Height 192cm
Weight 88kg

Antoine Gilbert Louis

Dupont

Age 27
D.O.B 1996-11-15
Height 175cm
Weight 85kg

Jordan

Sepho

Age 25
D.O.B 1998-12-08
Height 194cm
Weight 105kg