EDITORIAL
>> The editorialist sport of Europe 1 Virginie Phulpin returns today on the story of Emilie Andéol, who was born in Rio in 2016, and yet unemployed since . The Olympic judo champion told her distress on Tuesday, December 3 at the newspaper Le Parisien. Thanks to her testimony, she was able to find work.
"There is a salutary rant, that of Emilie Andeol is a Salvator for her, and for all top athletes, because it highlights their difficult reconversion once their career is over. it took Emilie courage to unveil herself at the top of Olympus in 2016, she fell back very quickly, no more sporting challenge, no more adrenaline, no one around her, and no In other words, she did not really see any more meaning in her life, and she admitted that she would have preferred never to become an Olympic champion, to avoid this vertiginous fall.
Her testimony is so poignant, and so rare in the high-level world where no one dares to express her weaknesses, that she has received heaps of messages of sympathy. She was contacted by the Ministry of Sports. And most importantly, she found a job. Stéphane Nomis, the president of Pacte de Performance, offered to work in his foundation. Emilie Andéol will set up computer classes in Africa. That's what she needed, she needed to feel useful to find faith in her. It was necessary to reassure her at the time of the interview: 'I do not take you to please you, but because you are a killer, and that you will now convert what you have done so well on the tatami in the business world'. Emilie Andeol must sign his contract on Monday, it will begin just after the new year. A new year for a new life. It feels good that kind of news.
Many top athletes find themselves clueless after their careers
For Stéphane Nomis, whose foundation works with these top athletes, half of the athletes can not or do not know how to reconvert after their career. A huge number. We never talk about it because they remain discreet and because we do not necessarily want to see the distress of our queens and kings of the stadium. The rage of Emilie Andeol can change things. He can untie languages first. And then make everyone realize that no, companies do not necessarily expect former athletes as messiahs. We must act, because we can not let down those who have shone the colors of France. The federations, the ministry and the foundations must come together to find solutions. If we created a centralized body to deal exclusively with the future of our champions, Emilie Andeol would be a little more a heroine of French sports. "