Celebrating the Franco-American Relationship through Sports

 
 
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Most people think of Franco-American relations through the cultural prism of food, fashion, the arts, and tourism, but few know how generations of sports ties strengthen this transatlantic friendship.

#FranceAndUS highlights these sports ties, the different ways that sports diplomacy’s people-to-people cultural, technical, and knowledge exchanges fosters closer ties, and how much interaction there really is between France and the United States through sports.

Sports Voices

Voices
🥇🥈🥉0️⃣5️⃣3️⃣Leon Nelson
🥇🥈🥉0️⃣5️⃣3️⃣Leon Nelson

Meet Leon Nelson, a graduate student at New York University working in the sport industry who gained new insights about France, its culture, and sporting scene as an International Client Relations Manager at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

⛳0️⃣5️⃣2️⃣ Adrien Pendariès
⛳0️⃣5️⃣2️⃣ Adrien Pendariès

Meet Adrien Pendariès, a Franco-American golfer writing new chapters in the transatlantic game at the collegiate, professional, and elite levels.

⛳0️⃣5️⃣1️⃣ Robynne Pendariès
⛳0️⃣5️⃣1️⃣ Robynne Pendariès

Meet Robynne Pendariès, an American who discovered different aspects of France via golf as a manager, wife, and parent of golfers, writing new chapters into what it takes to navigate the transatlantic elite, professional, and collegiate sports worlds.

⛳0️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ Léa Pendariès
⛳0️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ Léa Pendariès

Meet Léa Pendariès, a Franco-American student athlete bridging the transatlantic drives via golf. Everywhere I go, I take my French norms and culture with me, whether that’s on or off the golf course.

⛳0️⃣4️⃣9️⃣ Marc Pendariès
⛳0️⃣4️⃣9️⃣ Marc Pendariès

Meet Marc Pendariès, a former golf professional-turned-coach who drives transatlantic exchanges one shot at a time.

🎩0️⃣4️⃣8️⃣ Michael Turner
🎩0️⃣4️⃣8️⃣ Michael Turner

Meet Michael Turner, Counselor for Cultural Affairs at U.S. Embassy France (2022-present) who has taken great strides in using sports to connect the United States and France over the past two years.

🏎️0️⃣4️⃣7️⃣ Hélène “Hellé Nice” Delangle
🏎️0️⃣4️⃣7️⃣ Hélène “Hellé Nice” Delangle

Meet Helen Delangle, aka “Hellé Nice,” a global sports celebrity who set speed records during her career-long quest to compete on equal terms with male counterparts on auto racing circuits from Europe and North Africa to the Americas.

🏀0️⃣4️⃣6️⃣ Vincent Collet
🏀0️⃣4️⃣6️⃣ Vincent Collet

Meet Vincent Collet, the former player-turned-coach whose transatlantic hoops influences and relationships inform his work with professional teams, as well as that with Team France.

⚾0️⃣4️⃣5️⃣ Benjie Meleras
⚾0️⃣4️⃣5️⃣ Benjie Meleras

Meet Benjie Meleras, a French-American helping to elevate baseball on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

✍️🏀0️⃣4️⃣4️⃣ Deliah Mathieu
✍️🏀0️⃣4️⃣4️⃣ Deliah Mathieu

Meet Deliah Mathieu, a public relations and communications strategist whose storytelling work on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean have helped foster greater French-American understandings through sport.

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