{"id":918081,"date":"2026-10-06T10:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/918081\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T10:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:56:09","slug":"french-basketball-federation-honours-mba-founder-eric-elena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/918081\/","title":{"rendered":"French Basketball Federation honours MBA founder \u00c9ric Elena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c9ric Elena has been awarded the Gold Medal of the French Basketball Federation (FFBB), acknowledging 17 years spent developing women\u2019s basketball in Monaco.<\/p>\n<p>The founder and co-president of Monaco Basket Association (MBA) received the honour from FFBB president Jean-Pierre Hunckler during the federation\u2019s General Assembly in Lyon on Saturday, 3rd October. Elena becomes the second MBA executive to receive the FFBB Gold Medal, after St\u00e9phan Maggi several years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The recognition comes at an important moment for the club Elena has worked to build, with MBA now competing in Ligue F\u00e9minine 2 (LF2) and aiming to reach the highest level of French women\u2019s basketball. Over the past 17 years, MBA has grown and established itself within French women\u2019s basketball, with its development extending beyond results on the court to player development, sporting structures, and the wider promotion of the women\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>For Elena, the Gold Medal represents a collective effort rather than an individual achievement. \u201cThis Gold Medal represents for me a recognition of the work accomplished collectively over the past 17 years. It is a great source of pride for Monaco Basket Association, for the colours of the Principality, for Monaco sport and, more broadly, for women\u2019s basketball in Monaco,\u201d said Elena.<\/p>\n<p>He also highlighted the significance of MBA\u2019s relationship with the FFBB throughout that journey, describing the relationship as one built on \u201crespect and trust.\u201d He extended the recognition to institutions and partners that have contributed to MBA\u2019s development over the years.<\/p>\n<p>This recognition now adds another milestone to the club\u2019s development, as MBA looks to turn its growing presence in French women\u2019s basketball into success at the highest level.<\/p>\n<p>Stay updated with Monaco Life: sign up for our free\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/monacolife.net\/?sg_popup_id=64220\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">newsletter<\/a>, listen to our podcasts on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasters.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/monaco-life\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>, and follow us across\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/monacolife.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, \u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/monacolife_\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mc.linkedin.com\/company\/monaco-life-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@monacolife_?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tik Tok<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: \u00a9 DR<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00c9ric Elena has been awarded the Gold Medal of the French Basketball Federation (FFBB), acknowledging 17 years spent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":918082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,486210,417516,86364,486211,85,7062],"class_list":["post-918081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-eric-elena","tag-ffbb","tag-mba","tag-monaco-basket-association","tag-sports","tag-womens-basketball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/918082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}