Ten French Medallists at Paris 2024 Quiz

Léon Marchand was born in Toulouse in 2002. At the 2022 World Championships, he won gold in the 200m and 400m individual medleys and silver in the 200m butterfly. In 2023, he set the swimming world broke Michael Phelps' 400m individual medley world record.

At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Marchand won four gold medals. He triumphed in the 200m and 400m individual medley, the 200m butterfly and the 200m breaststroke. As part of the French 4x200m freestyle relay team he added a bronze medal to his haul.

Teddy Riner, born in Les Abymes (Guadeloupe) in 1989, is one of the most successful judokas in history. A twelve-time world champion and three-time Olympic gold medallist prior to Paris 2024, Riner had long dominated the +100kg category. At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, he won gold in the +100kg judo category.

He defeated South Korea's Kim Min-jong with a decisive ippon in the final. He had previously beaten Tajikistan's Temur Rakhimov in the semi-finals. In the mixed team judo competition, Riner helped France to a silver medal, losing narrowly to Japan in the final.

Auriane Mallo, born in Lyon in 1993, is a French épée fencer. She was part of the French women's épée team that won gold at the 2022 European Championships and bronze at the 2023 World Championships. At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, winning silver in the individual and team épée.

She lost 12-13 to Hong Kong's Vivian Kong in a nail-biting final. In the team épée, Mallo and her French teammates narrowly missed out on gold after losing 29-30 to Italy in the final.

Born in Montpellier in 2006, Félix Lebrun won the men's singles title at the 2023 European Championships, becoming one of the youngest players ever to do so. He also helped France to a bronze medal in the team event at the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships.

At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, he wowed the home crowd with two bronze medals. In the men's singles, he lost 4-0 to China's Fan Zhendong in the semi-finals and won 4-0 against Brazil's Hugo Calderano. In the men's team event, he helped France to bronze after losing to China in the semi-finals and beating Japan 3-2 in the deciding match.

Born in Saint-Denis in 2001, Althéa Laurin is a prominent French taekwondo athlete specialising in the +67kg weight class. At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics she won a bronze medal to become one of France's youngest medallist in the sport. Laurin followed up this success with gold medals at the European Championships in 2022 and the World Championships in 2023.

At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, she competed in the women's +67kg taekwondo event and won the gold medal after defeating top seed Nafia Kuºa of Turkey in the semi-finals; and winning a hard-fought final against Svetlana Osipova of Uzbekistan.

Sofiane Oumiha was born in Toulouse in 1995. Competing in the lightweight (60kg) division, he came to international attention with a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Oumiha went on to win gold medals at the 2017, 2021 and 2023 World Boxing Championships.

At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Oumiha competed in the lightweight (63.5kg) category. After defeating Jordan's Obada Al-Kasbeh, Hungary's Richárd Kovács and Canada's Wyatt Sanford in the preliminary rounds, he won the silver medal in a tight fight against Erislandy Álvarez of Cuba.

Born in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (French Guiana) in 1999, Danis Civil is a French breaker who competes under the nickname "Danny Dann". He won a gold medal at the 2022 Breaking European Championships. At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, he advanced through the qualifying rounds and secured a silver medal in the final. He lost the gold medal battle to Phil Wizard (Philip Kim) of Canada.

Nicolas Gestin, born in Tréméven in 2000, is a French slalom canoeist specialising in the C1 category. He rose to prominence with a gold medal at the 2019 U23 Canoe Slalom World Championships. In 2023, he won a silver medal at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.

At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Nicolas Gestin competed in the men's C1 canoe slalom. He finished with a clean run in the heats, semi-final the final to take gold. Silver went to Adam Burgess (Great Britain) and bronze to Matej Beòus (Slovakia).

Born in Reims in 1992, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot was a five-time mountain bike cross-country world champion. She also won titles in road cycling and cyclo-cross and, in 2015, became the first cyclist to hold the rainbow jersey in all three disciplines. At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Ferrand-Prévot competed in the women's mountain bike cross-country event.

She secured the gold medal, finishing the technical course ahead of Haley Batten (USA), who took silver, and Sweden's Jenny Rissveds, who took bronze.

Camille Jedrzejewski, born in Compiègne in 2002, specialises in 10m air pistol and 25m pistol. In 2022, she won a gold medal at the World Cup in Cairo. At the European Games 2023, she won an individual silver medal in air pistol and a silver medal in the women's team air pistol competition.

At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Jedrzejewski competed in the women's 25m pistol event. She won the silver medal after losing the shoot-off to Yang Ji-in of South Korea. The bronze medal was won by Veronika Major of Hungary.