Jean-Charles Valladont never dreamed of being an archer to find himself in full light. But the spotlight was on archer de Boussières when, on August 12, 2016, a sunny Friday in Brazil, he opened the doors to the Olympic podium in Rio.
The silver medal fundamentally changed the perception people, mainly from the community, had of him. But she didn’t change the man. “Of course, especially at the start, I was looked at a little differently because I had an Olympic medal. But people know my personality. I like the human side, I am a bon vivant. Archery is a small environment, I’m not a star… ”
“Maybe, physically, it’s more tiring to spend a day fishing than on the couch but, psychologically, it makes me much more good”.
The archer de Boussières, licensed in the best French club (Nîmes), is a local man. Like Pascal and Laurence, his parents, and Léa, his …
