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Tiavo Randrianisa, hope of French taekwondo for Paris 2024

Published on : 20/11/2020 – 14:46

Tiavo Randrianisa, 20, is one of the French athletes who intend to shine at the Paris Olympics in 2024 in taekwondo. And since 2015, she has supported her sport in Madagascar with donations. Portrait.

If for some athletes time is running out with Tokyo 2020 next summer, Tiavo Randrianisa does not need to have his eyes on the clock. The taekwondo prodigy champion has just had her professionalization contract extended for one year by the departmental council of Val-de-Marne, in the Paris suburbs. In the mind of the young girl, the Paris Games take precedence. ” In 2024, I would be 24 years old. My goal is Olympic gold She said, smiling.

Smooth hair, slender body, a little shy, will Tiavo Randrianisa be the new one? Gwladys Épangue French taekwondo? “ She’s my model, I watched all of her videos. She was very impressive », Admits the young champion. It must be said that Tiavo Randrianisa’s beginnings in taekwondo, a martial art of South Korean origin, sound like a real promise. She was double champion of France hopes and juniors and 2016 European champion of clubs and under 17 years in individual.

Imitate the big brother

Child, Tiavo Randrianisa wanted to imitate her brother that she was going ” to encourage »During competitions. Before starting in a club, at the age of 7, she used the mirror in her bedroom to try to reproduce on her own, with her elder’s belt, the movements of this Olympic sport since 2000, the year of her birth. Premonitory? In any case, the idea has largely gained ground. Today, she is even preparing a training course to become a taekwondo coach after her career.

Of Malagasy origin, – she has been to Madagascar every summer since childhood – Tiavo Randrianisa is the godmother of the Sab-Nam club in this country located off the south-eastern coast of Africa. Touched by the lack of means of taekwondo practitioners on the Big Island, she has been collecting equipment every year since the age of 16, which she brings to each of her trips. In Madagascar, which remains one of the poorest countries on the continent, she even runs courses to share her know-how as a high-level athlete. Regularly, she is entitled to articles in the Malagasy press.

Love Randrianisa.

Love Randrianisa. © Love Randrianisa

Attached to the Big Island

Due to Covid-19, the young athlete will not be able to play “mother Christmas” this year. ” Too bad. I am very attached to Madagascar and I still have family there. In Madagascar, there is still my grandmother and it is important for me. I wanted to help these athletes and I had a long discussion with my mother to find out what we could do. I saw people training in bad conditions, I wanted to do something », She says with emotion.

Tiavo Randrianisa created a Facebook page to raise awareness and encourage them to donate material for Madagascar. His parents set up the Tiav’Or association. Today she often receives messages of thanks. What give him reasons to continue.

Tiavo Randrianisa is definitely an atypical girl. Apart from her sport, the taekwondoist learned to play the piano on YouTube and also sings. ” On weekends I think I must piss off the neighbors », She blurted out with a burst of laughter. Turning 20 in the midst of coronavirus doesn’t seem like a problem for her. Between two daily workouts, the music lover seems to be eating life to the fullest.

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