Do not tell Emmanuelle Bonnet-Oulaldj that her chances of being elected president of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee are limited, the electoral system tending to be padlocked.
The applicant explains that she has nothing to lose.
And it would take a lot more to discourage this 42-year-old humanist.
In this house of French sport, where we tend to choose his successor and sometimes to arrange between powerful, understand by that between Olympic federations (in opposition to non-Olympic federations which do not participate in the Olympics), Bonnet-Ouladj detonates .
The co-president of the FSGT - the sports and gymnastics federation of work, created in the 1930s in the wake of the Popular Front - cultivates its difference.
“Sport belongs to everyone”, insists the one who faithfully sits on the board of directors and recalls that the CNOSF represents “the sports movement as a whole”.
This has the merit of opening the debate, and not only within the sports federations, those which will vote in June for the president.
“The CNOSF must open up to the outside world, speak to clubs and the general public,” she believes.
This is crucial, especially in the current crisis.
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"Sport must be connected with today's world"
From this Wednesday and before the June elections, Emmanuelle Bonnet-Oulaldj will offer ten conferences, open to all, on the BeSport platform (
Editor's note: the conferences and the # NousLeSport2021 project can be found on the Internet
).
It will be a question of sport as a lever against inequalities, of the economic model, of ecology and of sustainable development, of sport meeting the needs of the population, of the fight against violence and discrimination, of democracy and of the legacy of the Games. 2024 Olympics.
Modern questions, recently addressed during federal campaigns by “new generation” leaders (like Yohan Penel, elected at the head of the badminton federation or Anne de Sainte-Marie who aims for the presidency of horse riding), who are trying to dust off French sport via their “citizen appeal”.
Like them, Emmanuelle Bonnet-Oulaldj claims a participatory project.
“The conferences, which will also be attended by speakers not from the sports world
(Editor's note: Professor Carré will be the guest this Wednesday of the meeting called“ sport, essential need ”) will
allow contributions to be received.
Because sport must be connected with today's world, ”she insists.
"Respect all federations in their diversity"
Former gymnast and lover of school sport, the one who is an employee of the FSGT - "I joined this federation as responsible for international relations" - is convinced, like the message launched by Paris 2024, that sport " change lives.
"" In 2005, I took part in a team relay between Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a human experience that marked me forever.
Feminist, committed, the leader advocates values of sharing and equality.
"The sports movement must respect all the federations in their diversity
(Editor's note: whether or not they are Olympic)
and no longer be withdrawn, she insists.
Sport is competition, but not only.
We must help high-level athletes, and not only the elite, but also meet the needs of the French.
Those who practice a physical activity, in a club or elsewhere, and those who do not yet.
We must also talk about ecology, because sport has an impact on the planet.
Above all, we must erase the inequalities, which will increase with the crisis we are going through.
And for me, this is the stake of the 2024 Olympics. It will be a beautiful popular celebration, in line with current realities, but these Games will, I hope, transform our society by allowing women, people in situation. disability and precarious access to sport.
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Never before has a woman led the French National Olympic and Sports Committee.
Mom of a 6 year old girl, she is up to the challenge.
To date, Brigitte Henriques (football) and Patrice Martin (water skiing) are candidates.
Thierry Rey (judo) and Nicolas Hénard (sailing) should declare themselves in the coming days or weeks.
