Les missions de l'association
Women’s sports account for only 5% of the competitions broadcast in France*
This lack of visibility limits access to role models and holds back the ambitions of several athletes. Yet it is essential for women to know they can choose their own path in high performance sports or any other life course.
Yet it is essential for women to know they can choose their own path in high performance sports or any other life course.
*ARCOM figures (French regulatory authority for audiovisual and digital communication)
To achieve this goal, Les Sportives de Légende operates both on the field and online across several key areas:
Mission 1 – 🎨 Promoting sportswomen on social media
Our main mission is to develop a digital media dedicated to women who made their mark in their sport, whether through their personality, achievements, or struggles.
Every week, our illustrator, Marie Fournier et nos rédacteurs, Sarah Chesneau, Mariana et Simon Ménard, publish a profile of a sportswoman on our socials, making sure to showcase various profiles. We also invite our community to highlight a female figure who has left a lasting impact on them. Recently, Sarah has been interviewing French sportswomen practicing sports less familiar to the general public such as waterskiing, parkour and goalball.
Through this content, we aim to share our passion for sport and give visibility to women often left out of history books.
Mission 2 – 🎴 Having fun and informing ourselves to remember women’s sports.
In February 2024, our team of volunteers created its very first exhibition highlighting 25 legendary sportswomen.The visitors have the opportunity to learn about these women’s journey in a fun and engaging way. Our Présidente usually attends the exhibition to inaugurate it and engage with the audience about the challenges and goals of women's sport.
We provide interactive games and activitiesto enhance the experience. We attend exhibitions to prepare these workshops and also train facilitators to deliver them.
Through this mission, our goal is to make the history of women’s sports available to a large audience, while encouraging reflection on the place of women in sports.
Mission 3 –🛜 Creating royalty-free digital libraries
In August 2024, our association launched its first digital library to promote sportswomenIt gathers the journeys of Olympian who left their mark in this competition through their achievements (e.g. first one to participate, first one to win…). This is the very first French-language data base on the subject. We have already documented over 13 000 women and continue to share their journey. If you would like to get involved, you are very welcome!
In the future, we aim to create comprehensive libraries covering all major competitions (Paralympic Games, European Games…). The objective is to allow everyone to discover inspiring women who left their mark in their era through their talents, personality and commitments.
Through these various actions, our commitment remains the same: to shed light on female figures, preserve their legacy and inspire future generations.
Join us
Do you want to take action on the field? We are still looking for new volunteers to expand our areas of activity. We are primarily looking for:
- Writers
- Facilitators
- Content researchers
Get involved
Donating to our association directly help us to preserve and share the History of women's sports. Your support would allow us to fund our digital projects and develop new educational resources to raise awareness among the audience. Find all our initiatives currently being funded on our HelloAsso page! (solidarity company for French associations)