Airness
| Airness | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Sporting goods manufacturer |
| founding | 1999 |
| Seat | Saint-Denis , France |
| management | Malamaine Koné , chairman of the board |
| Branch | Sporting goods |
| Website | www.airness.fr |
Airness is a sporting goods and shoe manufacturer founded in 1999 by the French - Malian boxer Malamine Koné in Saint-Denis .
The trademark is a black panther. Koné, who comes from Mali , made a name for himself as a boxer and was nicknamed la Panthère . He took part in the 1996 Olympic Games and was the standard bearer. In 1999 he founded the company Airness, which quickly became known. Soccer player Steve Marlet , a former classmate of Koné, helped promote the company with free advertising. On March 4, 2005, Airness became the outfitter for the Mali national soccer team . For the 2006/07 season Airness was supplier of the club teams Stade Rennes , FC Nantes , Valenciennes FC , Fulham FC , Boavista Porto and KRC Genk and the football - national teams from the Democratic Republic of Congo , the Republic of Congo , Guinea , Gabon , Benin and Cape Verden . In addition, Airness has been supplying the basketball club Stade Lorrain Université Club Nancy Basket and the rugby team CS Bourgoin-Jallieu since 2006 . Since 2007 Airness is also the outfitter of the Russian tennis players Nikolai Dawydenko and Nadia Petrowa .
Outfitter
Airness supplies the following teams:
Soccer
societies
National teams
- National soccer team of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- National football team of the Republic of the Congo
- Mali national football team
- National football team of Cape Verde
- National football team of Guinea
- National football team of Benin