Jean Garnier Stadium & Jouffroy boxing room

Centre disciplines

Athletics Para athletics Boxing

Description

These equipments are located in the heart of the city of Le Creusot, close to all the necessary services and shops (hotels / restaurants / landscaped park / leisure park, etc.) for an optimal training environment. Completely renovated in 2020, the Jean Garnier stadium is an essential reference today. Built and commissioned in September 2023, the Jouffroy complex dedicated to combat sports benefits from all the modern equipment sought for sporting performance. These 2 équipements can radiate beyond the local area thanks to an exceptional transport service: 1h30 by TGV train to Paris (Gare de Lyon), 40 minutes to reach the center of Lyon by TGV and 1h50 by motorway to reach Saint-Exupéry airport (Lyon). With many adjoining rooms that allow the installation of medical and technical teams (physiotherapists, physical trainers, etc.), these 2 latest generation équipements offers cutting-edge preparation for the most demanding athletes who want to combine high-level training with the comfort of a unique site placed at the crossroads of the great Burgundian wines, the Morvan mountains and the Charolais countryside, renowned for its gastronomy.

Special features

Jean Garnier athletics stadium :

Renovation of all our athletics facilities completed in 2020.

Approvals: National level stadium / IAAF track

Closed sports venue offering more than 7,000 seats.

This stadium allows the particularly dynamic local club with more than 300 licensees, to play at the national level N2 and to host large outdoor and indoor events.

Jouffroy Sport Room:

New equipment receiving boxing and full contact clubs which operate at the highest French and International level (Guerric Billet World Champion of Kickboxing WAKO)

A unique place for training and leisure activities: Located in the immediate vicinity of an aquatic complex, a tourist park (attractions, tourist train, hiking and mountain biking circuits, Karting….), and all amenities, this site does not require the use of a vehicle.

Known for

The local club EALC, which is particularly invested in the promotion and development of athletics in the region, is renowned for its ability to organize major events in partnership with the city of Le Creusot:

Semi-final of the French Cross Country Championships (2016 – 2020) and on the run for the organization of the 2020 final.

Departmental indoor athletics championships (every year since 2012)

2021: organization of a national athletics meeting

Optional extras

Meeting room Floodlit facilities Hospital nearby Physiotherapy room