The French table tennis champion retires for personal reasons.
Former Olympic table tennis medalist Jean-Philippe Gatien, one of the executives of the Paris 2024 Olympics organizing committee, is leaving the committee.for personal reasonsEighteen months before the event, AFP learned from the organizing committee on Friday.
This former champion, silver medalist at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, 54 years old, has been Director of Sports since the creation of the Cojo. “He structured the sports programming and strengthened the links with the entire French and international sports ecosystem of Paris 2024“recalls the Cojo.
Gatien, underlines the organizing committee, had been present since 2014 and “the beginnings of Olympic ambitionof the French capital.
He will be replaced by Aurélie Merle, director of sports competitions, we learned from the same source.
The previous departure of a major Paris-2024 executive dates back a little less than a year, when Marlène Masure, director of partnerships, left for TikTok France. She too was replaced internally.
The last appointment dates back to November 2022, when Edouard Donnelly, from the world of events, was recruited as executive director of operations.
