Lionel Froissart

Lionel Froissart is a French sports journalist. He was born in 1958 in Paris. He worked for Libération for almost thirty years, where he specialized in F1 and tennis. He is known for his biography of Ayrton Senna, published in 2004. The 2007 novel "Les boxeurs finissent mal… en général" won the 2008 Sport-Scriptum prize for the best sports book of the year. Punto Basta, his new novel appeared in 2021.

Birthday: June 17, 1965