Who do you think is the Var sportsman of the year among:
Anthony Admire yourself
His CV: 18 years old – living in Fayence – athletics (pole vault) – licensed at the Entente du Pays de Fayence athletics.
His feat of arms: the junior last year confirmed the hopes placed in him. In January, he first won the title of French junior indoor champion in Miramas (Bouches-du-Rhône). Then, at the very beginning of the summer, he exploded his personal best with a bar of 5.65 m, at the senior French championships in Angers (Maine-et-Loire), where he finished at the foot of the podium (4th ) behind Ethan Cormont and the Lavillenie brothers. A jump that he repeated in the wake, in Tallinn (Estonia), mid-July, becoming European champion in his category with a margin of 20 cm! The only downside is his failure at the junior world championships in Nairobi (Kenya) where his personal best would have given him the gold medal.
Benjamin André
His CV: 31 years old – Saint-Raphaël – football (middle) – Lille OSC.
His feat of arms: the former young shoot of Stade Raphaëlois, in the heart of the 2000s, reigned in the midfield of Losc, crowned French champion surprised to the nose and beard of the great PSG. In the process, he snatched a good qualification for the knockout stages of the Champions League, which he will discover next February.
Julia Canestrelli
His CV: 16 years old – Toulon – Sport shooting – Toulon shooting company.
Her feat of arms: Last October, the young Toulonnaise became world champion in sport shooting in Lima (Peru). Outclassed in juniors (18-20 years old) thanks to a derogation, she won gold in individual (shooting at 50 meters in three positions: knee, lying and standing) by beating the French record in all categories (cadets, juniors and seniors) and a vice-Olympic champion in the final. Heavy. Little Julia even came back with a second medal: the team bronze.
Chloe Devictor
His CV: 17 years old – Le Castellet – Longjumeau-Massy (Flam 91) – judo (less than 52 kg).
Her feat of arms: this year, the judokate won everything among the juniors. She first won the title of European vice-champion in Luxembourg on September 10. Then she became world champion in her category on October 6. Monumental.
Thomas Goyard
Her CV: 29 years old – Carqueiranne – sailing (windsurf) – Hyères windsurf organization.
His feat: the snowboarder, world number 3, confirmed his status at the Tokyo Olympics, with a beautiful silver medal won in RS: X. And what a panache: the engineer from New Caledonia, installed in the Var for two years, waited for the very last race, with a severe disqualification, before raising his arms. Enough to quickly forget a sawtooth preparation disrupted by the health crisis.
Melvyn Jaminet
His CV: 22 years old – Hyères – rugby (rear) – Usap Perpignan (Union sportive harlequins perpignanais).
His feat of arms: protagonist of the accession to the Top 14 with Perpignan, he was summoned by Fabien Galthié to everyone’s surprise for the summer tour in Australia, propelled holder for his first selection against Australia, on July 13 (26-28). He has not moved from the starting XV since, realizing a full match punctuated by a superb 8/8 kicking (including 4 penalties) in the historic victory against New Zealand (40-25).
Fabien Lamirault
His CV: 41 years old – Nans-les-Pins – table tennis – Marseille Provence table tennis disabled. –
His feat of arms: a full card for the world number one handisport (class 2), who retained his title of Paralympic champion in individual and conquered gold in doubles at the end of August-beginning of September in Tokyo. Another XXL performance for the native of Longjumeau (Essonne), celebrated as a hero in his small village. Fabien Lamirault became paraplegic following a car accident.
Christophe Laporte
His CV: 28 years old – La Farlède – cycling (road, sprinter-puncheur) – Cofidis and AVC Aix-en-Provence.
His feat: a long time subscriber to second places, he knew how to “strengthen his game” to raise his arms on one-day races, such as the Circuit de Wallonie, as well as on stage events such as the Etoile de Bessèges and the Tour du Limousin. Above all, it came very close to a major World Tour success in Paris-Nice (2nd in Biot and Levens), the Flandrian classics (2nd in A travers la Flandre, 11th in the Tour of Flanders), Paris-Roubaix (6th ) and the Tour de France (2nd in Libourne). By far his best professional season, which earned him being debauched from the northern team Cofidis to join in January the group of the young – but already immense – Belgian champion Wout Van Aert at Jumbo-Visma. Just that…
Nicolas Le Goff
His CV: 29 years old – Sanary – volleyball (central) – Montpellier UC.
His feat: he surely has one of the finest exploits of French sport in Tokyo. To everyone’s surprise, and for the first time in history, the team led by Earvin Ngapeth won Olympic gold on August 7, in the face and beard of the great volleyball nations (including the 2012 Olympic champion, the Russia, in the final). A medal to which the mainstay of the selection (224 selections), indisputable holder wherever he goes, is not entirely foreign. Previously, he was also crowned French champion and named best player in the championship.
Pierre Quiroga
His CV: 29 years old – Hyères (La Capte) – sailing – SN Marseille / skipper Macif.
His feat of arms: he won the Solitaire du Figaro, a rare feat for a Mediterranean and unique for a Var. All this while remaining faithful to his training methods, derived from Olympic sailing. In September, Armel Le Cléac’h’s successor to the prize list shook the Figaristes community, a springboard class for major offshore races. By way of cleansing, Pierre Quiroga took 7th place (in double) on the Transat-Jacques-Vabre. Who said young wolf?
Dylan Rocher
His CV: 30 years old – Valence – pétanque – Fréjus International Pétanque.
His feat: the former young prodigy of French pétanque achieved an incredible double last month at the world championships in Santa Susanna in Spain. The player from the Fréjus club has achieved the feat of retaining his two titles acquired three years earlier. In precision shooting first of all by signing shattering endings then in triplet with his favorite acolytes the Varois Henri Lacroix, Philippe Suchaud and Philippe Quintais.
Pauline Roussin-Bouchard
His CV: 21 years old – golf – Carqueiranne – University of South Carolina and Golf de Montpellier-Massane.
His feat: the former amateur world number one, who turned professional in August 2021, won his second senior victory, the Open Skaftö of the Ladies European Tour. Current leader in Mobile (Alabama) of LPGA (“Ladies Professional Golf Association”) Cards, the native of Montélimar (Drôme), designated the greatest hope of French golf, is at the gates of the American circuit, the most followed in the world.
Daniel Sarmiento
His CV: 38 years old – Saint-Raphaël – handball – Saint-Raphaël Var handball.
His feat: he is part of the furniture both at the Raphael club, where he is entering his sixth season, as well as the Spanish selection double reigning European champion, where he has settled since 2009. This year, the former Barça completed his record as long as his arm with two bronze medals, in January at the world championship in Egypt, then, this summer in Tokyo (the only one he lacked). This legend of the Iberian hand can benefit from a well-deserved international neo-retirement.
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