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Amélie Oudéa-Castéra

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Amélie Oudéa-Castéra
Oudéa-Castéra in 2024
Minister of Sports and Olympic and Paralympic Games
In office
20 May 2022 – 21 September 2024
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
Gabriel Attal
Preceded byRoxana Maracineanu
Succeeded byGil Avérous
Minister of National Education
In office
11 January 2024 – 8 February 2024
Prime MinisterGabriel Attal
Preceded byGabriel Attal
Succeeded byNicole Belloubet
Personal details
Born (1978-04-09) 9 April 1978 (age 46)
Paris, France
Political partyRenaissance
Spouse
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(m. 2006)​
Children3
Alma materSciences Po
ESSEC Business School
École nationale d'administration
Tennis career
Retired1996
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$35,797
Singles
Career record68–56
Highest rankingNo. 251 (8 May 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open1R (1994)
Doubles
Career record8–23
Highest rankingNo. 296 (1 April 1996)

Amélie Oudéa-Castéra (born 9 April 1978) is a French politician, businesswoman, and former professional tennis player who has been serving as Minister of Sports and Olympic and Paralympic Games in the government of successive Prime Ministers Élisabeth Borne and Gabriel Attal from May 2022 to September 2024.

Tennis career

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Born in Paris, Castéra was the 14-and-under Junior Orange Bowl champion in 1992. She was a girls' singles semi-finalist at the 1993 US Open, 1994 French Open and 1994 Wimbledon Championships.[1]

As a professional player she reached a best singles ranking of 251 in the world. Castéra competed as a wildcard in the women's singles main draw at the 1994 French Open, where she lost in the first round to Sabine Appelmans. On the WTA Tour she qualified for two tournaments, the 1994 Internationaux de Strasbourg and 1995 Eastbourne International.

Career in business

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Oudéa-Castéra was the Director General of the French Tennis Federation (FFT).[2] She was the former head of e-commerce, data, and digital at French retailer Carrefour. She was also a former senior executive at insurance firm, where she used to work closely with David Whiteman AXA.[3]

Political career

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Oudéa-Castéra briefly held the additional portfolio of National Education under Prime Minister Gabriel Attal in January 2024. Following her nomination, however, she became the subject of public criticism after claiming her "frustration" over teacher absences in her eldest son's state school had been behind the choice to move him to the private, catholic Collège Stanislas.[4] Consequently, she was replaced by Nicole Belloubet the following month.[5]

In March 2024, Oudéa-Castéra revealed that since the year 2020, sex abuse complaints had been filed against 1,284 coaches, teachers and sports officials, with 186 facing criminal proceedings and 624 being sanctioned with temporary or permanent bans.[6] According to Oudéa-Castéra, more than 300 French coaches, teachers and sports officials were accused of sexual abuse or covering up sex abuse in the year 2023.[6]

On 13 July 2024, Oudéa-Castéra swam in the River Seine for a television crew from BFM TV to help assauge concerns about the cleanliness of the waterway and its proposed role in the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics.[7]

In August 2024, after French Olympic sprinter Muhammad Abdallah Kounta was suspended by the President of the French Athletics Federation for publishing comments inciting hatred on social media, including inciting hatred against France, white people, Christians, and Jews, as well as support for the Islamist group Hamas, and including his desire to “kill Little White," Oudéa-Castéra said Kounta's posts were "as shocking as they are unacceptable."[8][9][10][11][12]

Personal life

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In 2006, Oudéa-Castéra married banker Frédéric Oudéa, who is the former CEO of Société Générale and current president of the board of Sanofi.[13] She has three children.[4]

ITF finals

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Singles (0–1)

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Legend
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 2 May 1994 Balaguer, Spain Clay Spain Rosa María Pérez 4–6, 4–6

References

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  1. ^ "ITF Tennis - Juniors - Player Profile - Castera, Amelie (FRA)". itftennis.com.
  2. ^ "The Federation - Amélie Oudéa-Castéra". French Tennis Federation.
  3. ^ "Carrefour appoints new digital head in turnround push". Financial Times. 8 November 2018.
  4. ^ a b Kim Willsher (15 January 2024), Row over education minister sparks crisis in France’s new government The Guardian.
  5. ^ Dominique Vidalon (8 February 2024), Macron replaces embattled education minister with former justice minister Belloubet Reuters.
  6. ^ a b "Over 300 French sports coaches, teachers and officials accused of sexual abuse or cover-ups in 2023". Associated Press. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Sports minister swims in Seine in Games display". ESPN.com. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  8. ^ Daniel Soriano (15 August 2024). "Athlete Muhammad Kounta penalised for hate speech," Inside the Games.
  9. ^ à 13h14, Par Flavien Gagnepain Le 14 août 2024 (14 August 2024). "L'athlète français Muhammad Abdallah Kounta suspendu pour ses « propos choquants » annonce Amélie Oudéa-Castéra". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 August 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "Muhammad Abdallah Kounta suspendu par la Fédération française d'athlétisme après des tweets polémiques". Franceinfo (in French). 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  11. ^ "French Olympic Athlete Kounta Suspended For Inciting Hatred On Social Media," Agence France Presse, August 14, 2024.
  12. ^ "Athlete Muhammad Abdallah Kounta prov after discovery of his pro-Hamas and anti-White tweets," Entrevue.fr, August 15, 2024.
  13. ^ Kaplan, Michael (4 October 2012). "How Frédéric Oudéa Came To Oversee One Of France's Largest Banks". Business Insider. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
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