Before becoming a land of rugby and hosting in particular the matches of the Stade Français, the Stade Jean Bouin, so named in tribute to the French Olympic athlete, was built in 1925 as the main enclosure of the Club Athlétique de la Société Générale Paris .
It is from the 1930s that the structure will host the Stade Français Paris, a rugby union club currently playing in the Top 14, and even athletics meetings thanks to facilities dedicated to these two practices. By hosting the Parisian athletics meetings until 2007, the Stade Jean Bouin witnessed the best world performances such as the world record at the 6-meter mark by pole vaulter Sergei Bubka.
At the same time, during this same period, the Paris stadium was definitively associated with the Stade Français Paris. Thanks to their great ambitions and the fervor of their supporters, the capital club undertook several renovations of the Jean Bouin Stadium, which at the time did not live up to their status, which will lead the club to play several times in other stadiums in Francilien.
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