"I went from captain to nothing..." The words of Chloé Bulleux, a young mother for two months, are strong.
And reflect a feeling of anger and helplessness in the face of a revolting situation.
2016 Olympic vice-champion with the French team and captain of Toulon Métropole Var Handball (D1 female), the thirty-year-old handball player was told by her club
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registered letter that her contract would not be extended at the end of of her maternity leave, when she had an optional additional year.
The reason ?
For the winger, it is not the result of a sporting or financial choice.
“Not all employers are happy when an employee becomes pregnant.
It didn't go very well, she regretted on Saturday at the microphone of BeIN Sports on the sidelines of a home game for her team.
The leaders were happy in front of me… but afterwards, I received a registered letter with an acknowledgment of receipt to let me know that my optional year for next season would not be activated.
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🗨️ Chloé Bulleux's rant: "It didn't go very well with the Toulon club, and that's because I had a child. I'm disappointed because I will have wanted to continue in handball... I went from captain to nothing!"
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“They will say that I suck at handball or that I cost too much”
"No one called me to tell me that we weren't continuing the adventure together," she continued.
It's not sporting or financial but because I had a child.
To tell you, I can't even access the VIP stands of my club where players can normally go…” Although no one in Toulon has officially told her that the premature end of her contract is linked to her pregnancy, the former international tricolor (26 selections, 45 goals) is firmly convinced of this.
“I will not launch legal remedies because they are within their rights.
The leaders are not going to say that this optional year was not extended because of my pregnancy.
They will say that I suck at handball or that I cost too much.
I went from captain to nothing… Sometimes it's beautiful, sometimes it's less beautiful…”, bitterly cowardly the former player of Issy Paris Hand (now Paris 92).
Thank you for all of your messages!
They go straight to my heart!!
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— Chloe Bulleux (@ChloeBulleux) April 9, 2022
Out of contract with Toulon at the end of the season, Chloé Bulleux admits heading for early retirement.
Somewhat disgusted by the turn of the end of her career, she who still “wanted” to play at the highest level.
“Handball is over because I'm settled here, I have my spouse, my baby, my family… I can't go on a new adventure.
“With her loved ones now, she will be able to embark on another adventure, with her son Noah, who” is doing very well “, according to his mother.
