STORY – The champion factory and Fabien Canu, its new managing director, are at the crossroads of French ambitions.
In the heart of the Bois de Vincennes, the bustle of Paris is no longer even a whisper, just a memory. Insep is wrapped up in the winter to the rhythm of the comings and goings of residents keen to rehearse their ranges and visitors who come to share a training session. Insep (National Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance), the “champion factory” of French sport since 1975. A key player. 71% of medalists from the Tokyo Olympics have gone through or had contact with a training structure of the “Grand Insep” (30 certified centers, Creps, national schools, etc.). Fabien Canu (61), director general since September 16, discovered Insep at 18 (“I said to myself, it’s a crazy world, it’s not made for me the high level, I hung on…»). The double world judo champion (1987, 1989) has seen the site evolve, knows its secrets (the athletics track that needs to be redone, in particular because the wild geese on the move…
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