Paris 2024 Olympic Games: a podium on the lines of the Eiffel Tower and “100% made in France” revealed two months before the Games

Un design inspiré de la tour Eiffel, comme pour les médailles officielles. Paris-2024

Comme avec les médailles, un hommage est rendu à l'emblématique monument de Paris. Un profil pensé par Joachim Ronsin, directeur design du comité d'organisation.

After the mascots, the torch, the medals, the poster… it's the turn of the podium of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris to show what it looks like: built from recycled plastic, it presents on its facade curved patterns reminiscent of the Eiffel Tower.

Sixty-eight podiums were made from 40 tonnes of recycled plastic, supplied by the company Le Pavé based in Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis), explained the organizers while presenting subject Thursday. They are designed in modules and will be used for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Reference to the zinc on the roofs of Paris

The facade with 'metallic lace' patterns of the Eiffel Tower, in the words of the president of the Organizing Committee Tony Estanguet, is white in color and was made by a company based in Eure-et-Loir (Global Concept), then all assembled with a plywood support by another company based in Orly, in Val-de-Marne (Giffard).

The president of the organizing committee welcomed a podium "100% made in France". The top of the steps is gray in color "in reference to the zinc of the roofs of Paris", explained ahead of the presentation Joachim Ronsin, design director of the Olympic organizing committee.< /p>

A second life after the Games

The absolute symbol of Paris, the Eiffel Tower is also in the spotlight for the Olympic medals which include a small original piece. The Olympic rings will be hung on the monument during the Olympics. The podiums of the Games are destined to have "a second life" after the competition but their fate is not yet known.

Also read: Paris 2024 Olympic Games: discover the design of the Olympic medals, unveiled this Thursday, February 8 in Saint-Denis

Former para-swimming champion Ludivine Munos explained how symbolic the object was for athletes: "We only think about that, we said one day I will have the chance to climb this step.