INSEP, the National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance (Institut national du sport, de l'expertise et de la performance), is a French sport boarding school, training institute and center that trains elite athletes. It is located on the outskirts of Paris, in the Bois de Vincennes.
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History, activities, and structure
It was formed in 1975 from the merger of INS (the National Institute of Sport) and ENSEP (L'École Normale Supérieure d'Éducation Physique), and has roots in the 1817 Amoros Military Gymnasium. It trains athletes in 26 different sports.
It operates under the French Ministry of Youth and Sport, and functions based on centralized athletic partnerships with prominent high schools in Paris — such as Lycée Condorcet, Lycée Saint-Louis, Lycée Janson de Sailly, GHS Claude Monet, and The International School of Paris — with a measure of autonomy.
As a boarding school, it provides bedrooms divided into 2 buildings: from 15 years old to 17 years old and over 18 years old.
Athletes have school on site up to the baccalaureate as well as some higher education courses.
Notable alumni
Nicolas Beaudan, Fencing
Yannick Borel, Fencing
Frédéric Bourdillon, Basketball
Marine Boyer, Artistic gymnastics
Manon Brunet, Fencing
Clint Capela, Basketball
Boris Dallo, Basketball
Stéphane Diagana, Track & field
Boris Diaw, Basketball
Tony Estanguet, Whitewater slalom
Evan Fournier, Basketball
Romain Gazave (born 1976), Ice skating
Anne-Caroline Graffe, Taekwondo
Sandrine Gruda, Basketball
Ronan Gustin, Fencing
Damien Inglis, Basketball
Daniel Jérent, Fencing
Joffrey Lauvergne, Basketball
Émilie Le Pennec, Artistic gymnastics
Lila Meesseman-Bakir, Synchronized swimming
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad, Middle distance running
Tony Parker, Basketball
Marie-José Pérec, Track & Field
Notable faculty
Alphonse Halimi, boxer