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High-level sportsmen and women

ESIEE Paris makes it possible to combine studies engineering school with high-level sport!

The school offers personalised support allowing students to successfully complete their sports project while continuing their engineering studies.

The school offers personalised support allowing students to successfully complete their sports project while continuing their engineering studies. The aim is to enable sportsmen and women to pursue their high-level careers while developing the skills needed to obtain an engineering degree.

Accommodations are made for high-level athletes (SHN) on the ministerial list (Elite, Senior, Development, Transition; athletes from national teams; and Hopeful athletes), as well as for good-level athletes (national or international) aspiring to national titles or to qualify for the French national team. Referees officiatingat a national or international level may also be eligible for individualized support and specific accommodations.

An adapted timetable
- An adapted timetable
  -> absences excused upon presentation of supporting documentation and authorised in advance, or even for a set period
- Flexibility with absences (competitions, training, travel, etc.)
- Possibility to catch up on lessons
- Postponement or adaptation of examinations.
- Personalised support
Sport at ESIEE Paris
- Sports facilities
- Free access to sports facilities
- On-site catering service (CROUS)
- Access to CROUS accommodation (places reserved for students with special health needs, subject to selection in advance in June)
- Recognition of student engagement (upon request)

Supporting our student-athletes

Camille Berthelot

Sport: Artistic Roller Skating

Two-time Île-de-France Champion in Freeskating and Dance (2024–2025)
Two appearances at the French Championships (2023 and 2025)
Interregional Champion in Freeskating (2024)
Two-time Interregional Vice-Champion in Dance (2024–2025)

Matteo Delignat

Sport: boxing

Winner of the first round challenges (regional competition for new amateur boxers) in 2020

Benoit Delplace

Sport: Short track

Ile-de-France U18 Champion 2023
Ile-de-France Senior Vice-Champion 2024
3rd in the overall ranking of the National Senior Trophy 2024

Camille Fahy

Sport: Road Cycling

Participant in Paris-Roubaix 2025
Participant in the 2023 Tour de France Femmes (July 2023)
Turned professional in January 2023
5th place at the 2022 French Championships
11th place at the 2021 European Championships

Roman Fuchs

Sport: Swimming

5th place at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
4th place at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
Silver and bronze medalist at the 2022 European Championships in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relays (men’s and mixed)

Sport: Jiu-Jitsu

1st place at the Paris Tournament
Qualified for the French Ne-Waza Championship
1st place at the International Open

Mathilde Hocde

Sport: Rowing

3rd place at the 2024 French Championships (Seniors under-23)
6th place at the 2024 French Championships (Seniors)
6th place at the 2024 French Sprint Championships (Seniors)
French University Champion (2023)
4th place at the 2023 European University Championships

Rémi Locquette

Sport: Running

Participated in the French 10 km Championships (2020–2022)
Participated in the French Cross Country Championships (2021)
Participated in the Marathon Pour Tous 2024 – 10 km
Result: 218th out of 20,000 participants

Rafaël Marques

Sport: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Selected and played up a category for the Paris Committee (Comité 75) in U14 (1st year)
Selected for the Paris Committee (Comité 75) in U14 (2nd year)
Île-de-France A1 Vice-Champion in U14
Round of 16 – French U18 National Championships, twice (2022–2023 and 2023–2024 seasons)
Quarter-finalist – French U18 National Championships (2024–2025 season)
Multiple tournament wins in rugby school competitions across France (Beaune, Pau, Meyzieu…)
Currently senior player in Fédérale 2 with SCUF Rugby

Théo Phan

Sport: Badminton

Best ranking to date: 36th in France in men’s singles
Currently competing in National 3 (N3) in interclub championships
Multiple appearances at the French Youth Championships
Three-time Île-de-France champion in inter-committee youth team events

Baptiste Riolet

Sport: Cycling

Race Across France 500 km 2024: 5th in U23 and youngest finisher across all distances
Race Across Spain 1000 km 2025: 9th in U23
MB Race Ultra Somfy 2025: 7th in U23