She was already vice-president of the Académie Beauvaisienne d'Escrime (ABE).
Karine Mortecrette could, at the end of the month, occupy a high position within the French fencing Federation.
Wife of Emmanuel Mortecrette, the fencing master of the Beauvaisian club crowned European champion in women's epee in January 2019, she is indeed on the list of Bruno Gares, the former armorer of the France team ( for 24 years) and fencing master of the Rodez club who dreams of dislodging Isabelle Lamour, president of the FFE since 2013 (reelected in 2016), on the occasion of the federal elections which will take place on September 26.
Today number 3 on the list of Bruno Gares, 55, behind the former fencer of the VGA Saint-Maur Laurianne Thiébaut, Karine Mortecrette, 43, should occupy one of the positions of vice-president if the Ruthénois becomes the 14th president of the FFE.
A trajectory that has been emerging since December
The first contacts date back to June 2019, during the youth festival in Hénin-Beaumont (Pas-de-Calais).
“We had started to chat a bit, remembers Karine Mortecrette.
I then saw him again during the France U17s, he started to offer some ideas to improve things.
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She says banco in December.
“When he offered me at the beginning of the month to be part of the list and of the team he was building, I took a little time to think because it takes time and energy. . "
Mother of “four children to manage” and responsible for support to computer users within the English company RS Components based in Beauvais, Karine Mortecrette is also a member of the Departmental Fencing Committee and vice-president of the Hauts-de- France, functions that she intends to keep (she is representing herself on the regional committee during the elections which also take place on September 26).
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"I wanted to go there right away but we have to think about the organization," says Karine Mortecrette.
I spoke about it with Emmanuel.
I didn't want to be just a name to put on a list, but to actually be active.
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Because, she is convinced, there is a lot of work.
But she does not intend to lose contact with the field so far.
“With Bruno Gares, we want to keep this proximity in order to be able to bring up issues and know whether what we are putting in place is working or not.
It is not because we are elected that we must detach ourselves from our territories, otherwise, afterwards, we lead without knowing.
The fencing family is not just clubs in Paris.
The provinces could sometimes have the impression that the FFE was far away.
We want to cut it all.
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Stemming the decline in licensees
Another common approach, “high level management”, Beauvais and Rodez both being in National 1. “There is a lack of visibility and media coverage, underlines Karine Mortecrette.
When we ask them, there are still too many people who cannot give us the name of an athlete.
That's why Laura Flessel joined us on the project.
She wants us to be able to use her image and the great champion that she is.
We want to be able to use our retired and current athletes.
We need to be able to talk a lot more about fencing.
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This is why, among the projects of Bruno Gares, appear among others "Tuesdays of the French team", towards the clubs as is practiced for example at the French judo federation, as well as "Thursdays of the company ”which, once a month, will allow the sports world to discuss with the business world and influencers.
Another hobbyhorse, and not the least, is to stem the decline in the number of redundants.
“Over the last term, we lost 14% of licensees,” assures Karine Mortecrette.
It is enormous.
The number of licensees is very important.
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