Yoann Miangué, the former taekwondo champion in the NFL antechamber

As many French people are on the NBA floors, they are struggling to break into the NFL. The powerful American Football League, which is preparing to celebrate its grand final, the Super Bowl, on February 7, nevertheless makes them dream. Starting with Yoann Miangué, 22, although the latter’s interest in the sport is recent. the first passion of Toulouse was indeed taekwondo: “I was attracted by the outfits, the aerial style, the masters”, he recalls. Miangué joined Insep at the age of 15. In 2014, at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, he captured the gold medal in front of his mother, who had pushed him to participate.