Was more then 170 sporting clubs, with sporting infrastructure or around the county, Eure is an avid sports lover and practitioner.
This environment of multiple clubs and associations has given birth to a number of champions, with many more in the making. And let us not forget the most popular of sports – soccer – in which France, the 2018 world champion, numbers two players from Eure: Ousmane Dembélé and Steve Mandanda. It doesn’t get any classier!
This is the most notable of sporting centres in the greater north west part of France. The Jesse-Owens covered stadium in Val-de-Reuil nothing less than a cathedral dedicated to sports in general and to athletics in particular, enabling indoor disciplines to be practised in excellent conditions.
Lousie Gréco has just turned 18, but is looking far ahead. Or should we say she’s looking ahead and upwards: she is a pole jumper. She regularly breaks the 4 m barrier in national and international competitions, and the young athlete, from the town of Pont-Audemer, entered the very exclusive…
