It’s off again for the Sports Trophy in Occitania organized by the Dépêche du Midi group in partnership with the Occitanie Region. Here is the list of the six athletes selected in Haute-Garonne in the sports, sports, club, volunteer, hope and disabled sports categories. It’s up to you to vote.
It’s off again for the Regional Sports Trophies. Organized by the Dépêche group in partnership with the Occitanie Region, this operation highlights athletes from our 13 departments. Six categories are proposed this year: the sportsman, the sportswoman, the club, the volunteer, the hope and the disabled sportsman. They all marked 2020 by their performances. Like every year, you can vote for the best sportsman or club in your department on our site.
Voting is open until mid-April. A jury will then meet to choose a winner per category. The winners will then be unveiled in Montpellier with a presentation of regional trophies scheduled for May. Have a good vote!
Sportswoman of the year: Elodie Bermudez (boxing / Boxoum Toulouse)
French champion under 48 kg in February 2020, Élodie Bermudez had to wait a little longer than usual to savor this fourth title in English boxing after those conquered in 2013, 2014 and 2019. Blame it on such a hung final that indecisive in front of his young rival of Blagnac Rim Bennama (18 years old) and whose eldest (32 years old) finally emerged victorious by preferential decision of the judges! A “first in her career” yet rich, she who took up boxing after the savate where she was notably crowned European and world champion in 2011. Member of Boxoum, Élodie started at the TCMS on her arrival. In Toulouse. “I wanted to discover a combat sport and the club was at the end of my street” she often repeats when we retrace the golden route of this little piece of woman of 1.53 meters. A universe that she has made hers ever since.
Elodie Bermudez.
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Sportsman of the year: Antoine Dupont (rugby / Stade Toulousain)
“Mozart”, “genius”, “Rugby’s Messi”: superlatives compete in admiration when game specialists comment on the XXL performances of the international scrum-half. Considered by many to be the best number 9 in the world, the native of Castelnau-Magnoac (65), raised in rugby in Auch, indeed continues with disconcerting regularity the high-end performances, both at the Stade Toulousain and in the French team. (8 tries in 29 selections). Several of his tests have been around the world in 2020 and even if his opponents get to know the rascal, his eye and his support still manage to outsmart the opposing defenses. “Praise is good but it does not guarantee titles” he had fun recently. French champion with Stade Toulousain in 2019 and best player of the VI Nations Tournament in 2020, a first for a French player, his trophy cabinet awaits the rest with relish.
Antoine Dupont.
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Hopes: Fergus Nevill and Alexandre Barsse (rowing / Rowing Toulouse)
Junior European vice-champions with their teammates from the Pôle France de Toulouse, Alexandre Barsse and Fergus Nevill (18) practically walked on the water of Lake Sava, last September in Belgrade. Best time of all the series, the French coxless four (also composed of Grégoire Charles (Bressols) and Dorian Marques-Vigneron (Reims) finally won a beautiful silver medal, only ahead of Romania for three small seconds. A week later, the two young men put it back to complete their record with a title of champion of France, this time accompanied by Théo Soizen and Thomas Senne, two other rowers from Aviron Toulousain, this benchmark club in the field since it was founded in 1979 and today boasts more than 300 licensees – a busy year with great promises for the future.
Fergus Nevill, Dorian Marques-Vigneron, Alexandre Barsse and Grégoire Charles (left to right) in action in Belgrade.
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Club: Toulouse Golf Club
Titled in October French amateur champion of the 1st division, the women’s team of the Toulouse Golf club achieved an incredible feat on the greens of Bondues (North). Christophe Berthelot’s protégés not only obtained their first coronation, but they also put an end to the hegemony of Racing Club de France and its 17 straight titles. Without forgetting that the Parisiennes had put an end to the dream of Toulouse during the 2014 final. “It’s the work of a whole club. We have the experience of having lost against Parisian clubs who know how to win. The experience of losing wins. We put the birdies in the hottest moments, from the 15th to the 17th, and that’s what allowed us to win with a score of 4-3 ”, summarizes Christophe Berthelot. Bravo to Zoé Allaux, Clémence Cadéac, Yvie Chaucheprat, Céline Manche, Carla Mengelle, Louise Reau, Claire Thuault (captain) and Marion Veysseyre.
The French women’s golf champion team.
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Volunteer: François Lafforgue (tennis / TC Cierp-Gaud)
“I was the only one to practice this discipline. I had even built a machine to send the balls ”. Between François Lafforgue (81) and tennis, it all started in 1967 on the Cierp-Gaud court. In 2021, the love story still lasts. “I have been president of the club since 1968. In the 2000s, we had up to 200 licensees. Currently, we only have about fifteen. But I still give lessons to ten children ”, specifies this fan of Roger Federer, classified 15 at his best level. In 1989, he even became a sports advisor (CSD) for Haute-Garonne. “In the meantime, in 1974, I had launched the idea of free play which consisted of hitting the ball outside of official competitions because at the time children played very little”, explains this former rugby player. He sums up his passion in one sentence: “When I enter a field, I breathe. “
François Lafforgue.
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Handisport: Ugo Didier (swimming / JS Cugnaux)
“It was a default choice because I can’t run or jump. »Born with a deformity (he has club feet and atrophied lower limbs), Ugo Didier (19) thus plunged into disabled swimming in 2015. Since then, the member of the Cugnaux swimming circle has quickly climbed the ranks to find themselves selected for the Tokyo Paralympic Games scheduled for August 24 to September 5. A ticket obtained thanks to his title of vice-world champion 2019 (in London) on the 100m backstroke S9. But on his specialty, this student at INSA Toulouse obtained the world title in 2017. The following year, he won the European Championship. For the Japanese meeting, his objective is clear: “I am aiming for the gold medal, but also a podium in the 400m freestyle. “In the back of his mind, there is obviously the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. But all in good time.
Ugo Didier.
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