Nickname
Zack (ouest-france.fr, 24 Apr 2015)
Hobbies
Playing football, cinema, going out with friends, learning foreign languages. (ffgym.fr, 01 Oct 2016)
Occupation
Athlete
Education
Sport Studies - University of East Paris Creteil [UPEC]: France
Spoken languages
English, French
Club
Gym Agres Velizy: France
Coach
Thomas Bouhail [national]; Frederic Jay [national]
International senior debut
2015
Injuries
He sustained a torn finger ligament in 2017. (gymandnews.com, 03 Jan 2018)
A back injury affected his performance during the 2015/16 season and forced him to stop training for four months. (gymandnews.com, 07 Nov 2016)
Start sporting career
He took up gymnastics at age five in Laval, France.
Reason for taking up the sport
He was an active child who was always jumping and running around. His sister trained in artistic gymnastics and when he and his mother went to pick her up after class one day, he wanted to try it.
Ambitions
To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (gymandnews.com, 07 Nov 2016; dicodusport.fr, 01 May 2017)
Trainings
He trains at the National Institute for Sport, Expertise and Performance [INSEP] in Paris, France.
Hero / Idol
Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt, Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura, Moroccan-Dutch kickboxer Badr Hari, French judoka Teddy Riner.(dicodusport.fr, 01 May 2017; espritbleu.franceolympique.com, 19 Aug 2014)
Philosophy / Motto
"I always aim high and try to get there quickly. I am always learning new difficult movements in order to compete and also to surpass the best athletes as soon as possible." (montpelliergym2015.wordpress.com, 07 Apr 2015)
Additional information
SUSPENSION
He was suspended for six months from the French national team in May 2018 due to behavioural issues. As a result he missed the 2018 French Championships, a team selection event for the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. As part of his suspension he was not allowed to train at the National Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance [INSEP] in Paris, France. He relocated to London, England, to train at South Essex Gymnastics Club during the suspension. "In life some things happen without expecting them but you need to take profit from them. If I had been in the French team I wouldn't have been authorised to come and train in England, so for me it was now or never. This is a supplementary experience for me." He returned to INSEP in February 2019. (lequipe.fr, 16 May 2018, 12 Feb 2019; gymandnews.com, 14 May 2018; 08 Aug 2018)
DUAL NATIONALITY
He holds dual French and Moroccan nationality. His father arrived in France from Morocco in the 1980s, while his mother is French. He regularly visits his father's side of the family in Morocco. (International Gymnast Magazine, Sep 2017)
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