Levallois Sporting Club

Levallois Sporting Club
Full name	Levallois Sporting Club
Founded	1983
Chairman	Jean-Pierre Aubry
Website	http://www.levallois-sporting-club.fr/accueil

The Levallois Sporting Club is a multi-sport athletic club located in Levallois-Perret, France. Founded in 1983, it is now organised into 32 sports and counts 14,500 members. It is one of the most important sports club in France and one that links amateurs and professionals. Among the notable members of the club are Teddy Riner, Marie-Claire Restoux and Jean-Philippe Gatien.

History

The Levallois Sporting Club was created in 1983. Before that, the club was called Entente Sportive Levalloisienne. At first, 12 sports were represented. By the way of its first president Patrick Balkany, the club grew quickly into a professional club. In 1988, eight Levalloisiens were selected for the Seoul Olympics. At this event, Frédéric Delpla, a fencer, became the first olympic champion of the club. Nowadays, the club is one of the most important in France with 14 500 members ^[1] and a string of well-known sportsmen like Teddy Riner^[2] or Maureen Nisima.

Chairmen

Jean-Pierre Aubry (since 2008)
Jean-François Rouziès (2002-2008)
Rolland Mallo (1999-2002)
Jean-Michel Hautefort (1995-1999)
Jean-Pierre Bastide (1989-1995)
Patrick Balkany (1983-1989)

Sections

Aikido
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Basque pelota
Bicycle touring
Boxing
Cross country
Dancing
Climbing
Fencing
Football
Golf
Fitness
Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
Karate
Kickboxing
Lifeguard
Pétanque
Physical culture
Sailing
Savate
Swimming
Table tennis
Tennis / Squash
Trampoline
Triathlon
Underwater diving
Volleyball
Wrestling-Grappling
Weight training

The club's former basketball section merged with Paris Basket Racing in 2007 to form Paris-Levallois Basket, which in turn renamed itself Levallois Metropolitans in 2017 and Metropolitans 92 in 2019.

Achievements

Since 1983, the Levallois Sporting Club has won 24 Olympic medals, 146 world championships medals and 130 European championships medals. Its most famous discipline are fencing, judo and table tennis.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Ville de Levallois: Historique du Club". Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
^ "Teddy Riner signe 4 ans à Levallois". Retrieved 20 August 2016.
^ "Judo : Gévrise Emane sacrée championne du monde". 25 August 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2016 – via Le Monde.
^ "Gauzy en perf - Tennis de table - ITTF World Tour - L'EQUIPE.FR". Retrieved 20 August 2016.
^ "L'Escrime brille à Levallois". Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2012-03-20.

External links

Official website

[1] "Ville de Levallois: Historique du Club". Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2012-03-20.

[2] "Teddy Riner signe 4 ans à Levallois". Retrieved 20 August 2016.

[3] "Judo : Gévrise Emane sacrée championne du monde". 25 August 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2016 – via Le Monde.

[4] "Gauzy en perf - Tennis de table - ITTF World Tour - L'EQUIPE.FR". Retrieved 20 August 2016.

[5] "L'Escrime brille à Levallois". Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2012-03-20.

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v t e Levallois-Perret
Education	Lycée Léonard de Vinci École supérieure des techniques aéronautiques et de construction automobile (FR)
Landmarks	Institut hospitalier franco-britannique (FR)
Paris Métro stations	Anatole France Louise Michel Pont de Levallois – Bécon
Transilien stations	Gare de Clichy-Levallois
Culture	Levallois Sporting Club Metropolitans 92
This list is incomplete.