Pierre Houseaux
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Pierre Houseaux is a French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

 Elite triathlete. For several years he has been the Long Distance National Trainer of the French Triathlon Federation (FFTRI = Fédération Française de Triathlon) and he has also been the director of the triathlon section at the High Performance Centre CREPS PACA.

Pierre Houseaux is one of the triathlon pioneers in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. In 1990, he won the Long Distance triathlon Corniche d'Or, in 1993 he won the French Long Distance
Long-distance track event
Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. These types of races are predominantly aerobic in nature and at the highest level, exceptional levels of aerobic endurance is required more than anything else...

 Championships and placed 21st on the Short Distance at the European Championships in Echternach.
In 1994 he placed 7th at the Long Distance World Championships in Nice.

In his beginners manual, Stéphane Cascua called Pierre Houseaux one of the best French triathletes.

For the last years Pierre Houseaux has been widely known for his skills as Entraîneur National and as the director of the triathlon high performance centre (pôle) in Boulouris situated in the CREPS PACA (CREPS = Centre d’Education Populaire et de Sport, PACA = Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur).

In France there are two triathlon pôles, one in Montpellier
Montpellier
-Neighbourhoods:Since 2001, Montpellier has been divided into seven official neighbourhoods, themselves divided into sub-neighbourhoods. Each of them possesses a neighbourhood council....

 and one in Boulouris. Both have an elite section (Pôle France) and a junior section (Pôle Espoirs France).

Among Houseaux's Elite triathletes there are well-known professional triathletes like Frédéric Belaubre
Frédéric Belaubre
Fred Belaubre , is a professional French triathlete. He was the European Champion of the years 2005, 2006, and 2008, the French Champion of the years 2007 and 2010. Belaubre took part in two Olympic Games, placing 5th in Athens and 10th in Beijing .- Sports career :Fred Belaubre lives in St...

, Aurélien Raphaël and Charlotte Morel
Charlotte Morel
Charlotte Morel , is a professional French triathlete, nine times National Champion in various duathlon and triathlon categories , e.g...

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