FRENCH

SPORTFrench open & olympics By Anna & sarah

FRENCH OPEN•In 1981 the first French championship for tennis was held and the very first winner was H . Briggs.•This championship was for men only, it was also only held for French residents.•The first womens tournament was held in 1897 and Adine Masson was the first winner of that.•The first true French Open tennis tournament was played at the Stade de Roland-Garros in 1925. The tournament still was not open as all the participants were restricted on amateurs only at that time.

The building of stade de roland garros

FAMOUS TENNIS PLAYERS PLAYING AT FRENCH OPEN In 2008 RAFAEL NADAL of Spain won his 4th

consecutive French Open Mens Singles title. In 2009 ROGER FEDERER one of the greatest player

of all time Roger Federer won his 1st title on French Open.

FRANCE AT LONDON 2012•The french olympic committee sent a total of 330 athletes to london olympics this year , 183 men and 147 women, to compete in 24 sports.•France left London this year with a total of 34 medals, 11 gold, 11 silver, and 12 bronze.• Among the nation's medalists were Yannick Agnel and Camille Muffat, who were France’s most successful Olympic swimmers after winning three medals, including a gold, in their events.

FRENCH OLYMPIANS 2012

FRENCH TABLE OF MEDALSSport Gold Silver Bronze TotalSwimmin

g 4 2 1 7

Judo 2 0 5 7Canoeing 2 0 0 2Cycling 1 3 0 4

Athletics 1 1 0 2Handball 1 0 0 1Shooting 0 1 1 2Taekwond

o 0 1 1 2

Tennis 0 1 1 2Basketball 0 1 0 1

Rowing 0 1 0 1Sailing 0 0 1 1

Gymnastics 0 0 1 1

Wrestling 0 0 1 1