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Judo, personal commitment, social networks ... Clarisse Agbegnenou, the sportswoman who dares everything

2021-03-23T06:40:48.792Z


Judokate will be one of the French stars of the Tokyo Games. Regularly, through chronicles, she will tell us her path which,


To meet Clarisse Agbegnenou, you have to go quickly, very quickly.

At 28, the judokate lives at 100 per hour.

“I'm hyperactive, maybe a little less than before, but I like to do several things at the same time.

His life, however, held only for a breath.

A premature baby, she underwent serious kidney surgery.

“I fell into a coma, the doctors advised my parents to unplug me, I was their only daughter

(Editor's note: Clarisse has 3 brothers, including a twin)

, they hung on.

»Clarisse even more…« We rarely talk about this period of my life with my parents.

I got out of it, so life goes on!

The Rio silver medalist in 2016 could be one of the tricolors of the Tokyo Games this summer.

In the meantime, she is everywhere.

On the tatami mats, of course.

On the forecourt of the Pantheon where the faces of the “109 Mariannes” - these “plural faces of the Republic” - are exposed.

In the media to talk about sexual violence, inequalities or breast cancer.

Clarisse dares.

Without really calculating.

“I simply have values, origins that I defend,” says the one who supported the “Black Lives Matter” movement on social networks.

“Yes, when you're a public figure, you have to be careful what you say, but just because people are looking at me doesn't mean I have to be smooth.

And my parents taught me to be discreet and polite, I take care naturally.

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Clarisse Agbegnenou, the judokate who shakes up the codes

Young woman perfectly anchored in her time, the quadruple world champion is very present on social networks.

Some of its actions remain discreet.

At the end of February, she sent flowers for the funeral of a young soldier, hit by a driver while she was jogging.

She also created strong bonds with parents of premature children.

“They talk to me about their concerns, sometimes teach me sad news or send me a photo of their baby, soberly sums up the champion.

This closeness that I never imagined moves me… ”

"We weren't poor but we grew up being careful"

What does she like so much about her?

“Maybe my energy and my zest for life… I feel like a normal person, who dreams of becoming an Olympic champion and a life coach.

The French are attached to her, the sponsors - le Coq Sportif, Allianz, Rejeanne, Family Self Care, in particular - are snatching up.

But no way for her to turn "into a woman sandwich".

"Partnerships are not a question of money but of meaning," notes Nadia Benabdelouahed, her agent.

Clarisse signs with companies whose values ​​she shares and with whom she can tell a story.

The judokate thus launches out in the creation of sports bras with the Coq Sportif, goes on the ground of equality between men and women with Allianz or dares the subject, often taboo, of the menstrual cycle in the sportswomen with the Rejeanne panties.

"I do not think I am to be pitied," retorts Clarisse when discussing her income.

“It's not good, but I don't know how much I have in my bank account.

It's my mom who manages.

When I want to buy myself something, I call her to ask her permission.

“Laughing, the champion recalls the day when, in Monaco, she fell in love with Louis Vuitton clothes.

“I called mom… She doesn't always say yes

(laughs)

.

She is an accountant… For her, we don't just spend money.

She wonders why I'm going to a restaurant with friends.

Come home, I'll prepare something for you

, she repeats.

So, inevitably, when I tell him that I want to buy heels or a bag… ”

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Here again, family values ​​are deeply rooted.

“We weren't poor but we grew up being careful.

The main thing for my mother was that we had enough to eat.

She bought our clothes in the markets.

We weren't on social media at the time, the girls paid less attention to their image, so that didn't bother me more than that.

The case of the "Nutella panini" on the other hand marked it more.

“Ah, the panini from the bakery in Orleans, what would I have liked to have had it for me!” She bursts out laughing.

During the week, I was at the Pôle France, my mother felt that I did not need pocket money.

Not even 1.50 euro to buy me this panini!

“We will therefore have understood that Pauline, the mother accountant, is watching.

“I call him several times a day.

Less dad (

Editor's note: Victor, a scientist of Togolese origin)

, he's more of a thinker.

Clarisse remains a go-getter.

She likes to "eat and move," she slips again.

And, last little secret… "watch Boss Baby on Netflix at night to fall asleep!"

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Source: leparis

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