Editing Guadeloupe (section)

== Sport ==
[[File:Osaka07 D2M Christine Arron.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Christine Arron]], the world's fifth-fastest female {{convert|100|m|adj=mid|abbr=off}} sprinter (10.73 sec)]]
Football is popular in Guadeloupe, and several notable footballers are of Guadeloupean origin, including [[Marius Trésor]], [[Stéphane Auvray]], [[Ronald Zubar]] and his younger brother [[Stéphane Zubar|Stéphane]], [[Miguel Comminges]], [[Dimitri Foulquier]], [[Bernard Lambourde]], [[Anthony Martial]], [[Alexandre Lacazette]], [[Thierry Henry]], [[Lilian Thuram]], [[William Gallas]], [[Layvin Kurzawa]], [[Mikael Silvestre]], [[Thomas Lemar]], [[Mathys Tel]], [[Kingsley Coman]] and [[David Regis]].

The [[Guadeloupe national football team|Guadeloupe football team]] were [[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup]] semi-finalists, defeated by [[Mexican national football team|Mexico]].

Basketball is popular. Best known players are the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] players [[Rudy Gobert]], [[Mickaël Piétrus]], [[Johan Petro]], [[Rodrigue Beaubois]], and [[Mickael Gelabale]] (now playing in Russia), who were born on the island.

Several [[track and field]] athletes, such as [[Marie-José Pérec]], [[Patricia Girard-Léno]], [[Christine Arron]], and [[Wilhem Belocian]], are also Guadeloupe natives.

The island has produced many world-class [[fencing|fencers]]. [[Yannick Borel]], [[Daniel Jérent]], [[Ysaora Thibus]], [[Anita Blaze]], [[Enzo Lefort]] and [[Laura Flessel]] were all born and raised in Guadeloupe. According to Olympic gold medalist and world champion Yannick Borel, there is a good fencing school and a culture of fencing in Guadeloupe.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Scarnecchia |first1=Arianna |title=Yannick Borel: "I hope the Worlds will be a big challenge" |url=http://pianetascherma.com/2018/06/22/epee-yannick-borel-i-tried-to-focus/ |website=Pianeta Scherma International |date=22 June 2018 |access-date=28 January 2019 |archive-date=28 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128140128/http://pianetascherma.com/2018/06/22/epee-yannick-borel-i-tried-to-focus/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Even though Guadeloupe is part of France, it has its own sports teams. [[rugby union in Guadeloupe|Rugby union]] is a small but rapidly growing sport in Guadeloupe.
[[File:Vélodrome Amédée Detraux 2015 01.jpg|thumb|Amédée Detraux Velodrome]]
The island is internationally known for hosting the Karujet Race&nbsp;– Jet Ski World Championship since 1998. This nine-stage, four-day event attracts competitors from around the world (mostly Caribbeans, Americans, and Europeans). The Karujet, generally made up of seven races around the island, has an established reputation as one of the most difficult championships in which to compete.

The [[Route du Rhum]] is one of the most prominent nautical French sporting events, occurring every four years.

Bodybuilder [[Serge Nubret]] was born in [[Anse-Bertrand]], [[Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe|Grande-Terre]], representing the French state in various bodybuilding competitions throughout the 1960s and 1970s including the [[International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness|IFBB]]'s [[Mr. Olympia]] contest, taking 3rd place every year from 1972 to 1974, and 2nd place in 1975.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.getbig.com/results/e-mroly.htm |title=Mr. Olympia Contest Results |website=getbig.com |access-date=12 September 2016 |archive-date=5 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605130530/http://www.getbig.com/results/e-mroly.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> Bodybuilder [[Marie Mahabir|Marie-Laure Mahabir]] also hails from Guadeloupe.

The country has a passion for cycling. It hosted the French Cycling Championships in 2009 and continues to host the [[Tour de Guadeloupe]] every year.

Guadeloupe continues to host the Orange [[Open de Guadeloupe]] tennis tournament (since 2011).

The Tour of Guadeloupe sailing, which was founded in 1981.

In Boxing, [[Ludovic Proto]] – as an amateur, he competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics in the men's light welterweight division. As a professional, he was a former French and European welterweight champion;

[[Gilbert Delé]] – as a professional, he was a former French and European light-middleweight champion, then he won the WBA world light-middleweight title in 1991;

[[Jean-Marc Mormeck]] – as a professional, he was a former French light heavyweight champion and two-time unified world cruiserweight champion—held the WBA, WBC, and ''The Ring'' titles twice between 2005 and 2007.