From left to right: Elodie Clouvel (Modern Pentathlon), Luka Mkheidze (Judo), Madeleine Malonga (Judo), Raphaël Beaugillet (tandem Paralympic cycling), Pauline Ado (Surfing), Fabien Lamirault (Paralympic table tennis), Emmanuelle Mörch (Tennis fauteuil)
As part of its sponsorship and patronage policy, "Impact Together," and in line with Paris, ENGIE has reaffirmed its support for seven athletes for the next major global sporting event in 2028.
Pauline Ado
Surfing - ENGIE ambassador in Biarritz/Anglet
Pauline Ado, 34, is one of France's surf leading figures in. She started surfing when she was eight years old in Hendaye, in southwestern France, and she joined the French youth teams at 13 years old. These beginnings saw a number of achievements at the Junior World Championships, where she won gold in 2006 and 2008. Three years later, she joined the exclusive circle of the WSL Championship Tour. In 2017, she competed with the national team in the ISA World Surfing Games, where she won gold in both the solo and team events.
Since 2021, Pauline qualified for Tokyo, for the first appearance at the Olympics. Unfortunately, she lost in the round of 16. With momentum on her side, the Team ENGIE surfer notched up the wins: vice world champion in 2022, and then vice European champion in 2023. Selected for French national team in the World Surfing Games, held in May 2023 in Salvador; she won a silver medal in the team event and finished in ninth place in the individual rankings. This summer, qualifying and then taking part in the competition are still her primary aims. I n 2024, Pauline was a substitute for Paris.
Pauline is a professional sportswoman, but she is also engaged in a number of causes. She became a Surf Rider ambassador, an association involved in protecting our oceans. Since 2009, Pauline has also been the sponsor of the Handi Surf association, her objective being to ensure that surfing is accessible to all people with disabilities.
Awards
- 2024
- 3rd at the Caparica Surf Fest in Portugal
- 2023
- European vice-champion
- 2nd at World Surfing games with French team
- 2022
- 2nd in the world championship
- 2021
- Participation in surfing’s first appearance at the Olympics
- World champion with French team
- 2017
- World champion
- 2006 et 2008
- Junior world champion
Élodie Clouvel
Modern pentathlon - ENGIE ambassador in Saint-Etienne
To this day, Elodie Clouvel, 36, is the first French athlete to have won an Olympic medal in her discipline. However, she began her sports career as a high-level swimmer. A member of Pole France at Font-Romeu, she then set about training with Philippe Lucas with one target in her sights: the Beijing Olympics (2008). Unqualified, Elodie then decided to focus her attention on the Modern Pentathlon, and joined INSEP. Her decision paid off: two seasons later, in 2011, she picked up her first medals: a gold in France and then a bronze in the finals of the World Cup.
Elodie continued her ascent and was crowned European vice champion in 2015, world vice champion and then Olympic vice champion in 2016. The podium place in the Rio Olympics was recognition for both this Team ENGIE athlete, and for the French pentathlon: it was the first time an Olympic medal had been won by a French athlete in the history of the sport. Following a number of challenging years, Elodie made her comeback in 2021 when she was crowned world vice champion – what she needed to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. With a remodeled training system and a newfound determination, Elodie qualified for Paris. After a superb job in fencing (27 fights won), she is responsible for swimming and horse riding. Starting in the lead of the last event, the laser-run, Elodie was overtaken but ensured a very nice silver medal. Second Olympic silver medal!
Outside of her sports career, Elodie is also a member of the Armée des Champions : promoted to captain in 2022, she is also a sponsor of the “Gendarmes de Cœur” association, which helps members of the gendarmerie affected by illness, disability or the loss of a loved one.
Awards
- 2024
- Olympic silver medalist at the Paris Games
- 2023
- 2nd at the UIPM 2023 Pentathlon world cup in Cairo
- 2022
- 1st at the UIPM 2022 Pentathlon world cup
- 2021
- World vice-champion
- 6th in the Olympic Games in Tokyo
- 2016
- World vice-champion
- Olympic silver medalist at the Rio Games
- 2015
- 2nd in the European championship
Madeleine Malonga
Judo (- 78 kg) – ENGIE ambassador in Chambly
Madeleine Malonga, 31, first started judo at the local Chambly club, and then joined the INSEP (France's national institute of sport, expertise and performance) in 2010. In 2014, she won her first French championship title. In 2016, she joined the Etoile Sportive Blanc Mesnil judo club. Then two years later, she won her first European championship title in the team event. In 2019, she win the Grand Slam in Paris. She subsequently reached her highest level in August as a World Champion in Tokyo. With the support provided by Group, the judoka continued her work and began 2020 the same way as she began 2019 - with a victory at the Paris Grand Slam. She achieved international recognition, winning the European championship title. The following year, she was crowned world vice champion and then Olympic vice champion in the Tokyo Games, in the individual event. She also picked up a gold medal, winning the Olympic title with France's national team.
While continuing to train and compete, this young woman from Picardy also qualified as a mental and life coach in 2022, graduating from the HEC business school in Paris. This is part of Madeleine’s effort to prepare for life once her top-level sports career in behing her. In 2024, Madeleine qualifies for her second Olympic Games. Unfortunately, she was eliminated in the first round in the individual event; but she quickly made up for it by winning the team gold medal.
Awards
- 2024
- Olympic Champion in the mixed team event
- 1st in the Antalya Grand Slam
- 3rd at Paris Grand Slam
- 2022
- 3rd at European championship
- 3rd at Paris Grand Slam
- 2021
- Olympic Champion in the mixed team event
- Olympic runner-up
- World vice-champion
- 2020
- European champion
- Paris Grand Slam winner
- 2019
- World champion in Tokyo and 2nd with French team
- 2018
- European champion
Luka Mkheidze
Judo (- 60 kg) – ENGIE ambassador in Le Havre
Luka Mkheidze, 29, has clearly emerged as the French number one in the under-60 kg category. Before securing this victory, Luka had to leave his native country, Georgia, at the age of 13, following the war with Russia. He arrived in France, in the Val-de-Marne, in 2010 with the help of a smuggler. He and his family were then sent to a home with other refugees in Le Havre. Both talented and motivated, he joined the Le Havre judo club and, as such, received help from mayor: Edouard Philippe, for obtaining French nationality in 2015. Brimming with potential, Luka’s sporting career was now ready to take off. After training at the Pôle Espoir de Rouen centre, the judoka joined the INSEP in 2017.
Since then, he has been a frequent visitor to podiums at a number of major international events. In 2021, following his bronze at the Tashkent Grand Slam, Luka was crowned European vice champion. This got him picked to represent France at the Tokyo Olympics. He came back from his first Olympics with the first French medal – a bronze. Unfortunately, Luka's upwards trajectory was ended by a cruciate knee ligament injury sustained during a training session with the national team. Following a long period of rehabilitation, he returned to the mats in early 2023. His return saw him picking up a gold medal at the Tel Aviv and Antalya Grand Slams, and then his first gold medal in the European Championships in Montpellier.
Luka kicked off 2024 by winning the Paris Grand Slam, and then a silver medal in Baku and Antalya. Selected for the Games, he arrived in Paris full of confidence and achieved a flawless record until the final. Unfortunately, he lost and took the silver medal in the individual event. A few days later, he was crowned alongside the France judo team.
Awards
- 2024
- Olympic silver medalist
- Olympic Champion in the mixed team event
- 2nd in the Antalya Grand Slam
- 2nd at Bakou Grand Slam
- 1st at Paris Grand Slam
- 2023
- European Champion
- 2021
- Bronze medal at the Olympics
- 2nd at the European Championships
Fabien Lamirault
Para table tennis – ENGIE ambassador in Marseille
Fabien Lamirault, 45, is France's number one para table tennis player with six Paralympic medals to his name (including four golds). At 17, he became a quadriplegic following a car accident. Athletic by nature, he discovers table tennis while in rehabilitation. Fabien very quickly found his calling: once his rehabilitation was over, he joined the CSINI (Cercle Sportif de l'Institution Nationale des Invalides de Paris) where he met his current coach, Fabrice Kosiak. He took part in his first international competition in Sicily in 2003. Categorised in class 2, his Paralympic adventure began in 2012 at the London Games, where he won a bronze medal in singles and a silver medal in doubles.
From that moment on, Fabien was on the road to success: double World Champion in 2014, then double European Champion in 2015. The following year, the Rio Games saw him become the double Paralympic Champion, where he won both the individual competition and the team event. Selected for Tokyo, the Team ENGIE athlete retained both titles in the individual competition and in the team event! In 2022 Fabien won gold at the world Championships. In 2023, he won two more medals in the singles and doubles events in the European Championships.
Qualified for the Paralympic Games, he finished 3rd in singles and doubles.
Awards
- 2024
- Paralympic bronze medalist in single
- Paralympic bronze medalist in double (with Julien Michaud)
- 1st in the ITTF Polish Para Open
- 2023
- European vice-champion in single
- European champion in seated mixed doubles
- 2022
- Individual world champion
- 2021
- Double paralympic champion in Tokyo (singles and team)
- 2019
- Double European champion (singles and doubles)
- 2018
- Individual world champion
- 2017
- World bronze medalist in doubles
- 2016
- Double paralympic champion in Rio (singles and team)
- 2015
- Double European champion (singles and doubles)
- 2014
- Double world champion (singles and doubles)
- 2013
- European champion in doubles
- 2012
- Bronze medal in singles and silver medal in doubles at the Paralympics in London
- 2011
- European vice-champion in doubles
Raphaël Beaugillet
Tandem track cycling – ENGIE ambassador in Blois
Raphaël Beaugillet, 35, gradually began losing his sight at the age of 20 due to a genetic disease that put an end his ability to work. He then turned his attention to tandem track cycling and his efforts paid off: he won a total of 30 French titles. In 2020, Raphaël took on the challenge of participating in the Tokyo Paralympic Games in the kilometre standing start. In tandem with François Pervis, he won a medal in the standing-start kilometre event. The French pair completed the four laps of the track in 1’00‘’472, at an average speed of almost 60 kph, setting a new personal best. It was a great Paralympic debut for Raphaël, and a fantastic way for François Pervis.
Now, Raphaël ride with his new pilot Quentin Caleyron. A promising collaboration which has already yielded four new French championship titles and a third place in the 2023 Mondiaux in the speed trial. Unfortunately, the 2024 World championship in Rio did not smile on the tandem who failed and did not qualify for this summer.
Awards
- The Tandem's achievements with Quentin Caleyron in 2024
- 2nd at the World Championships (sprint)
- 4th at the World Championships (kilometre)
- The Tandem's achievements with Quentin Caleyron in 2023
- 3rd at the world championship
- The tandem’s achievements with Quentin Caleyron in 2022
- 4th in the Mondiaux (kilometre and speed)
- The tandem’s achievements with François Pervis in 2021
- Bronze medals at the Tokyo Paralympic Games in the standing-start kilometre
30 French Championship titles
Emmanuelle Mörch
Wheelchair Tennis – ENGIE ambassador in Marseille
Emmanuelle Mörch, 34, is France's number two wheelchair tennis player. She became paraplegic when she was 18 years old after a snowboarding accident. Emmanuelle then embraced a double challenge: she began her career as a top-level athlete and at the same time started at the Centrale Paris engineering school. She graduated in 2015 and was then able to focus fully on wheelchair tennis, her sights set on the Rio Paralympic Games. She lost in the round of 16 in the women's singles and doubles. After those Olympics, she put her tennis career on hold and joined L’Oréal as a marketing project manager.
Then in 2019, she resumed her quest for the Olympic Grail. Her experience in the Tokyo Paralympic Games ended in exactly the same way as in Rio: defeat in the round of 16. She's not giving up and she is pulling out all the stops to make a success of the next Paralympic Games. In 2023, Emmanuelle Mörch competed in the French Open (singles and doubles). She partnered with Pauline Déroulède and together they reached the semifinals. In 2024, Emmanuelle will participate in Roland-Garros and the Paralympic Games. At the Games, she was eliminated in the first round in singles and doubles.
Alongside her tennis career, she has also been seen on screen. In 2018, she went up against Alexandra Lamy in a wheelchair tennis match in the film “Tout le monde debout” (Rolling to You). Actress to change the way people view disability.
Awards
- 2024
- Paris Paralympic Games
- Participation in Roland-Garros in singles and doubles
- 2023
- Semifinals in Roland-Garros doubles
- 2021
- Tokyo Paralympic Games – she was knocked out before the quarter-finals
- 2016
- Rio Paralympic Games – she was knocked out before the quarter-finals