– The judoka who overdid it
At the highest Swiss level for fifteen years, the 34-year-old Vaudois learned that his hip was that of a nonagenarian. His journey oscillates between drama and life lesson. He tells.
His story is not a fairy tale nor that of a ruined man. Except for a massive will, probably slightly above average abilities and a hip now in pieces, it’s even the story of an average person. In any case, that’s how Glen Monnard likes to describe himself.
For sure, his journey can arouse compassion. It is that of an amateur sportsman who has pushed the boundaries of amateurism with hard work, painkillers and gnawed nights. That of an academic who has become a member of the scientific police, at the same time father, husband and lover of judo.
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