Jean-François Lamour

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Jean-François Lamour (known as Jef ) (February 2nd 1956 -) is a Sport yew (Escrime ur with the saber) and politician French.

  • It is laid off in chemistry and graduate of kinesitherapy.

  • Its fencing master was Augustin Parent.
  • He is member of the Académie of the Sports.

Sporting career

Formed by the Master Augustin Parent, Jean-François Lamour will dominate the French saber, in a crushing way, until the arrival of the sabreurs tarbais, the Damien brothers and Gaël Touya.

Then it is with the nomination in France of the Hungarian Fencing master, Lazlo Szepezi, as national trainer with the saber in 1982, that Jean-François Lamour gradually appeared with the international plan to reach the dedication to the Olympic Games of Los Angeles and those of Seoul where it goes up on the first walk of the podium to the individual tests. Its spectacular progression cannot be allotted to the only talent (undeniable) of Szepezi Master, but also to the exceptional courage and eagerness whose Jean-François Lamour made proof at the time of his drives to INSEP, and to its indisputable talents of fencer.

Prize list

* Olympic champion in 1984 with Los Angeles
* Olympic champion in 1988 with Seoul
* Vice Olympic champion by team in 1984 in Los Angeles
* Bronze medal with the individual saber with the Olympic Games of 1992
* Bronze medal with the saber by team with the Olympic Games of 1992 * Gold medal with the individual saber with the championships of the world of 1987 with Lausanne
* Bronze medal with the saber by team with the championships of the world of 1987 in Lausanne
* Bronze medal with the saber by team with the championships of the world of 1989
  • Other competitions:
*Vainquor of the Mediterranean Plays of 1983
*Vainquor of Master of saber in 1988
*Vainquor of the tournaments of world cup of New York in 1987 and Warsaw in 1992.
  • Championnats of France of fencing
* Champion of France sabers 1977,1978,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1987,1988,1989,1991 and 1992 (13 titles: record).

  • Champion of the French champions the Team in 1988.

Political offices

  • Of 1993 with 1995: adviser technical for youth and the sports with the cabinet of the mayor of Paris

  • Of 1995 with 2002: adviser technical for youth and the sports with the general secretary of the presidency of the Republic
  • Of May 2002 at March 2004: minister of sport
  • Of March 2004 at May 2007: Minister for Youth, the sports and community life

Political mandates

Member of the UMP

For the legislative elections of June 2007, Jean François Lamour is invested " candidate officiel" by UMP in the 13th district of Paris (Rene Galy-Dejean (mayor of XVeme district and Dominique Beaud (assistant of the mayor of XVeme district) also presented himself under the label " présidentielle" majority; , but had not received the nomination of UMP).

He is elected appointed (with 56,74% of the votes) at the time of the second round of the legislative election which opposed it to Anne Hidalgo (PS).

Political action

He contributed has to prohibit disciplines " violentes" like the free-fight as well as the diffusion of emissions of K-1 and pride on the French chains, Eurosport in particular. Its argument is that these sports defend violence and are a bad example for youth. But the practitioners reproach him an action liberticide especially insofar as these sports engage only those which practice them and in an absolutely voluntary way. The practitioners reproach him also the nonsense of this decree since a gap in the law authorizes the creation of sporting clubs: the engagements thus take place now in a clandestine way and no statutory audit can be assured more (medical controls, test of doping, test encephalic and HIV…).

See too

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