Maryvonne Dupureur Hall & Hélène Boucher Stadium

Centre disciplines

Athletics Para athletics

Description

Ideally located on the north coast of Brittany in Saint-Brieuc, just 2h15 from Paris, the Maryvonne Dupureur hall is one of the last INDOOR athletics stadiums built in France. IAAF approved nationally and adapted to accessibility standards, the complex inaugurated in June 2019 offers high-level athletes the opportunity to train under optimum conditions. The indoor sports area consists of : 1 x 200 m circular track m with 6 sloped lanes, 2 peripheral circular training lanes, 1 x 60 m track with 8 lanes, 1 pole vault area, 2 long jump areas, 1 triple jump area, 1 shot put area. Outdoors, in the immediate vicinity, in the Hélène Boucher open-air stadium : 400 m track - 8 lanes + steeple, jumping areas: long jump, pole vault, high jump, throwing areas: discus, hammer, javelin and shot put. Areas : weight-lifting room, massage area, cryotherapy area. Premises meeting the requirements of high-level sport: 8 changing rooms, infirmary, anti-doping control room, permanent timing room, meeting room with video projector, secure technical rooms. Convivial spaces: reception hall and equipped convivial area Located in the immediate vicinity of the Hélène Boucher outdoor stadium, the facility also offers a gymnasium and a swimming pool on-site. The Henri Guérin technical centre, a multidisciplinary sports centre of national and international renown, offered for accommodation (10 minutes) also has a recovery area allowing teams to optimise their recovery time and performance: a jacuzzi, sauna and cryotherapy area.

Special features

Access: 2h10 from Paris by train, the City of Saint-Brieuc also has an airport that can accommodate private flights. Accommodation offers near the facility are numerous and varied.

The territory offers an exceptional quality of life with its seafront, its beaches and family seaside resorts, but also its forests and woods. The City of Saint-Brieuc is a formidable playground for sports in general and has infrastructures and equipment available to athletes in addition to the sports complex.

Finally, the city has all the necessary services:   shops, hospital, private clinic, medical and paramedical offices.

Known for

Commissioned in September 2019, its history is just beginning:

French Athletics Championships on 8 and 9 February, 2020

Optional extras

Meeting room Internet access Ice bath Equipment available for private use Secure storage area Infirmery Floodlit facilities Standard competition wheelchairs provided Hospital nearby Physiotherapy room Weights room Film screening room Vehicle hire service Adapted vehicle hire service