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At 64 years old, the last Frenchman to win Roland-Garros has just received two very happy pieces of news a few weeks apart.
A happy dad and grandpa! At the end of 2024, former tennis player now artist Yannick Noah experienced the joy of seeing his family grow… in a few weeks.
At 64, the winner of Roland-Garros 1983 saw the arrival of Keelaani on October 21, his daughter, born from his union with his last partner Malika.
Singer and ex-tennis player Yannick Noah (64) has just welcomed his 6th child with his partner Malika.
? Their little girl, named Keelaani Noah, was born on October 21.
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This is the sixth child of Yannick Noah, already happy father of Joakim (born in 1985), Yéléna (1987), Eleejah (1996), Jenaye (1997) and Joalukas (2004). Children born from these three previous unions with Cécilia Rodhe (1984-1987), Heather Stewart-Whyte (1995-1999) and Isabelle Camus (2003-2020).
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And barely a month after this lovely birth, Yannick Noah has, once again, become… a grandfather! In fact, Yannick’s eldest son, Joakim (39 years old) announced via the Instagram account of his partner Lais Ribeiro (Brazilian model), the arrival of the couple’s first child: a little boy.
Yannick Noah was already a grandfather since 2016, and the birth of Joakim’s first daughter, Leia.