Bataillon de Joinville

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The Joinville Battalion is a military unit of the French Army that welcomes conscripted athletes. It takes place in the sports training establishments established within the armies since 1852 with the Military Gymnastics Training School of Joinville. The Joinville Battalion was dissolved in June 2002 due to the end of conscription. It was reconstituted in 2014 with 88 high-level athletes under contract with the army, within the National Center for Defense Sports (CNSD). Thus, it brings together a company bringing together the summer disciplines of 22 sports federations within the Joint Sports School, and a company bringing together the winter disciplines within the French military ski team, forming for high-level athletes the "army of champions". In October 2019, a support protocol for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris was signed at the National Defense Sports Center in Fontainebleau, thus making it possible to support French sport by recruiting up to 175 high-level defense athletes (SHND).