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Indentifying famous French athletes.
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This French trackster was a 3 time Olympic Gold Medalist.
Marie Curie
Marie Joseph Tascher
Marie-Jose Perec
Marie Therese
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What Frenchman was the founder of the International Olympic Committee?
Baron Pierre de Coubertin
Charles de Gaulle
Louis Pasteur
Charlemagne
3
What color jersey does the leader of the tour de France wear?
yellow
red
blue
orange
4
What years did the French national basketball team win silver in the Olympics?
1948, 2000
1976, 1992
1996, 2012
1952, 2004
5
Which French swimmer previously held world records for the 50 m and 100 m freestyle race?
David Abrard
Jeal-Paul Berjeau
Franck Iacono
Alain Bernard
6
The modern Olympic games started in what year?
1896
1912
1812
1900
7
What French tennis Champion also became a successful recording artist?
Francis Cabrel
Roger Federer
Yannick Noah
Joachim Noah
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Who won three alpine skiing events in the 1968 Olympics?
Greg Lemonde
Alain Prost
Jean-Claude Killy
Alain Bernard
9
Chris Froome winner of the 2016 tour de France is from what country?
Luxembourg
UK
Denmark
USA
10
This former national team captain spent much of his career playing for Arsenal.
Patrick Viera
Thierry Henry
Zinedine Zidane
Patrice Evra
11
In what year did the French win the men's world cup of soccer?
2014
2006
1998
1994
12
This Belgian won the tour de France 5 times.
Greg Lemonde
Jacques Anquetil
Eddy Merckx
Louison Bobet
13
This French soccer player plays for Atletico Madrid.
Didier Drogba
Lionel Messi
Paul Pogba
Antoine Greizmann
14
This French skier won a gold medal in 2002 Olympics as well as a world championship in 2005.
Jean-Claude Killy
Alberto Tomba
Sebastien Fournier-Bidoz
Jean-Pierre Vidal
15
This French snowboarder finished 6th in snowboard cross at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Alexandra Jekova
Tanja Frieden
Nelly Moene Loccoz
Helene Olafsen
16
This soccer player is nicknamed the octopus.
Benoit Costil
Bacary Sagna
Paul Pogba
Hugo Lioris
17
This French runner was the first white man to break the 10s barrier in a timed 100m event.
Christophe Lemaitre
Dimitri Bascou
Ben Bassaw
Florian Carvalho
18
She became the first French woman to win a gold medal in long jump at European championships.
Eloyse Lesueur
Maxine Martin
Julie Perec
Marie-Laure Leclarc
19
These siblings are both Olympic and World Champion swimmers.
Alain and Solange Bernard
Caroline and Philippe de Monaco
Joseph and Michele Montgolfier
Laure and Florent Manaudou
20
Which French boxer won a bronze medal in the 2008 Olympics in the light featherweight division?
Jean-Baptiste Mendy
Marcel Cerdan
Alexis Vastine
Charles Ledoux