Explore the SNCF Athletes Programme
SNCF Group has worked with elite French athletes and para athletes for over 40 years. Today the SNCF Athletes Programme is helping some 30 champions balance dual careers in sport and the working world.
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Learn moreWe support
30+
athletes and para athletes through our dedicated programme
36
Olympic and Paralympic medals were won by our athletes
Over
70%
of our athletes stay with SNCF Group when they retire from sport
Steadfast support since 1982
Our SNCF Athletes Programme works with elite French athletes and para athletes through special employment agreements (CIP contracts).
The athletes learn an SNCF profession, working with us on a specialized schedule that lets them train and compete. Through our Athletes Programme, everyone at SNCF supports these champions, who uphold our values of performance and corporate responsibility.
Meet our athletes
Our athletes compete on courts, tracks and mats, in and on the water, in boxing rings, and beyond, balancing the demands of their sport with a career in one of the many professions available at SNCF Group. Learn more about them.
Grégory Alldritt, patron of the SNCF Athletes Programme
The French national rugby team’s Number 8, who helped his team win the Six Nations Tournament in 2025 and led his home club Stade Rochelais to the European Cup victory, contributes the benefits of his experience as patron of the SNCF Athletes Programme during internal Group events promoting our purpose and our values to sports and economic players.
Tous Athlètes, a podcast for hardworking champions
What motivates our athletes? Céline Géraud finds out in our podcast series Tous Athlètes. In her interviews with our champions and others at SNCF, the athletes reflect on their most deeply held values and how these mesh with the values of SNCF Group as a whole.
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