Who will succeed Christophe Galtier, rewarded after the title of French football champion of LOSC during the 2020-2021 season?
Until July 20, choose among the following six managers the one who for you most deserves the title of Sports Manager of the Year for his results. The prize will be awarded to the winner on September 28 when the Sport and Management Trophies are presented to the National Assembly.
The 6 named
– Vincent Vittoz, after a long career as a cross-country skier in the French team, became coach of the French men’s biathlon team in 2018, accompanying his group to the highest world and Olympic peaks. By his side Quentin Fillon Maillet achieved the resounding feat this year of becoming the first athlete to win 5 medals at the same Winter Olympics in Beijing (2 gold and 3 silver) succeeding Martin Fourcade himself crowned with 13 titles of world champion, 186 podiums, and 7 places of n°1 in the general classification of the World Cup.
– Fabien Galthie, at the head of the French men’s rugby team since 2019, has just concluded an exceptional season by winning the Six Nations Tournament with a Grand Slam at the key, and beat the All Blacks always difficult to face. Reconstruction work that seems to be paying off and a dynamic of auspicious victories one year from the World Cup in our country
– Sonia Bompastor, coach of the Olympique Lyonnais women’s team since 2021, became the first woman to win the Women’s Champions League as both a player (2011, 2012) and coach (2022) after a 2021 season / 2022 exceptional which allowed him, from his first year of coaching, to achieve the double championship of France / Champions League
– Olivier Krumbholz, brought the French women’s handball team for the first time, after a narrowly lost final in Rio, to the top step of the Olympic podium in Tokyo last summer, allowing his federation to achieve a golden double historical. This exceptional epic completes a unique track record for the Lorraine technician accustomed to European and world podiums with the French team since 1998.
– Olivier Lafargue, at the head of the women’s team of the emblematic Tango Bourges Basket club since 2017, concluded a remarkable season by achieving a historic double championship of France / Eurocoupe, and being a finalist of the Coupe de France. This almost faultless sheds light on the quality of the substantive work carried out for several years by the Landes technician with his group, once again named best coach of the Women’s Basketball League by his peers.
– Laurent Tillieformer captain and then coach of the French team from 2012 to 2021, made a leap forward in French volleyball by winning Olympic gold for the first time in Tokyo, undeniably making an impression after 2 victories in the World League in 2015 and 2017. Stayed in Japan to train the Panasonic Panthers team, he leaves to his successor a French team whose status has particularly changed and which will be particularly expected in Paris in 2024