RELAIS DE LA FLAMME OLYMPIQUE

Last update 29/04/2024

Description

Carcassonne is hosting the historic Olympic Torch Relay as a stopover town. A major event and a unique promotional tool to highlight the city and its region on a national and international level. The City of Carcassonne, the Department of Aude and the Centre des Monuments Nationaux, in conjunction with the Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (OCOG), are working to organise a major public festival on Thursday 16 May 2024 to celebrate the arrival of the flame in Carcassonne.
The event, which will be free and open to all, will see the last torchbearer light the cauldron at the foot of the medieval city.

The town has decided to extend the celebrations from 16 March to 16 May 2024, by involving all the sports associations in a series of free events open to the public every Saturday and every day during the school holidays. The festivities will take place at two main venues: the Square André Chénier and the Cité des Sports. The City of Carcassonne is fully mobilised to bring these games to life and unite the people of Carcassonne around the values of Olympism!

Three people from Carcassonne will carry the Olympic Flame
Confirmed by the Organising Committee of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, three relay runners from Carcassonne will carry the Olympic Flame on 16 May 2024 (a 4th is in the process of being approved), at the big party organised in Carcassonne for the arrival of the flame. These are well-known faces in the world of Carcassonne sport, some of them having been featured in the ‘Proud of our athletes’ publicity campaign launched by the town in June 2023.

ESTELLE GASPARD: A member of Carcassonne Olympique Jujitsu, she won her first world title at the age of 17, at the same time as taking her Bac S at the Lycée Paul Sabatier in Carcassonne. An impressive list of achievements followed. A high-level sportswoman on the ministerial list for the last 6 years, she has a teaching diploma in martial arts, which enables her to teach at the Cité des sports in Carcassonne.
HER ACHIEVEMENTS: 3-time world jujitsu champion in under 52kg in 2023, 2021 and 2019; 1-time world runner-up in 2022; 1-time European champion in May 2022.
LINA HAMRIA: Karateka, aged 14, with Karaté Carcassonne omnisports Viguier.
HER ACHIEVEMENTS: French champion in 2022 and runner-up in 2023 in the Minimes category. She has also won titles in international competitions such as the Swiss Open and the Luxembourg Open.

DAMIEN CRAMBES: Boccia player since 2021, member of the TousExAéquo club in Carcassonne.
HIS ACHIEVEMENTS: Silver medal at the 2023 French Handisport Boccia Championships in Orléans; Gold medal at the PO Departmental Boccia Championships; 2nd place at the 2023 Occitanie Regional Championships; Silver medal at his first regional competition in 2022 in Carcassonne; He has been ranked in the BC1 category for two years, 6th in the national rankings.