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==Sport== *Association football is represented in the city by [[Pays d'Aix FC|Pays d'Aix Football Club]], until 2014 known as AS Aix-en-Provence. Their best result was playing in French Division 1 in the 1967–68 season, but recent years see the team playing in amateur levels of the French football league system. *Rugby union club [[Provence Rugby]] (previously known as Aix Rugby Club and Pays d'Aix Rugby Club) is based in the city. {{as of|2021}}, they play in [[Rugby Pro D2]], the second-tier French league. *[[Pays d'Aix Université Club Handball]] is a handball club competing in the top-level [[French First League of Handball]]. *American football team [[Aix-en-Provence Argonautes|Les Argonautes Aix-en-Provence]] has won the top-level [[Ligue Élite de Football Américain]] a total of eight times and is one of the most successful teams in the country. They were finalist of the 1996 [[Eurobowl]]. *The city hosts a professional tennis tournament on the [[ATP Challenger Tour]]. It is held every May at the Country Club Aixois. *Former world number one squash player [[Grégory Gaultier]] lives in Aix-en-Provence. *The city hosted [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]]'s football base camp during [[UEFA Euro 2016|Euro 2016]].<ref>Ribeiro, Benjamin. [http://www.aix-international.com/Euro-2016-Aix-camp-de-base-de-l-Ukraine "Euro 2016: Aix, camp de base de l'Ukraine"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326204341/http://www.aix-international.com/Euro-2016-Aix-camp-de-base-de-l-Ukraine |date=26 March 2016 }}, aix-international.com (in French). Retrieved on 18 March 2016.</ref> *The city holds a junior [[fencing]] World Cup event for men's foil in January of each year. Local fencer [[Erwann Le Péchoux]] was part of the team that won the gold medal in men's team foil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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