Data: "Helping athletes win gold at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games" (A. Guyon des Diguères, INSEP)

"Our role is to welcome professional athletes from federations to help them improve their performance with the ultimate goal of winning gold at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games," said Alexandre Guyon des Diguères, deputy head of performance at INSEP (the French National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance), during a conference at the ESSEC Business School (Cergy, Val d'Oise, FRA) on 18/04/2023.

Alexandre Guyon des Diguères took part in the discussion "How data is transforming the world of sports", in the company of Sacha Brunet, lead consultant at Two Circles, Harriet Eastham, non-executive director of Southampton FC Women (English women's 2^nd division) and sports data analyst, and Mathieu Lacome, chief performance & analytics officer at Parma Calcio 1913 (Serie BKT).

"In my opinion, there are two main issues concerning gender in the world of sports data. The first is a lack of education at this level: young girls are not encouraged to study data, nor are they informed about the different jobs in the field. The second is that in women's sport, there are still many unknowns to…