Skateboarding, playing video games, spending time with friends, sailing, reading comics. (ffgym.fr, 01 Jul 2018)

Athlete

English, French

Bois-Colombes Trampoline 92: France

Guillaume Bourgeon [national]; Sebastien Martiny [national]; Tristan Lajarrige [national]; Julie Perreten [national]

His father played rugby union in the French top division. (charentelibre.fr, 19 Mar 2013)

He has competed in diving at national level and was a regional champion in Aquitaine, France. (charentelibre.fr, 19 Mar 2013)

He struggled with knee pain during the early part of the 2020 season. (INSEP Le Mag, 01 Jun 2020)

He began gymnastics before age three at a local club in Bouglon, France. He discovered trampolining in 2009 in Lavergne, France. "Before trampoline I did diving, judo, rugby and [artistic] gymnastics. I tried lots of sports before really focusing on trampoline."

He was hyperactive as a child so his parents enrolled him into sport to channel his energy. Gymnastics was the only activity they found that allowed children to start at age two. He then discovered trampolining while training for diving. "I loved the feeling of bouncing, of freedom in the air. I liked it more than diving. The first time I tried it, I fell in love. It was like being on a roller coaster and I wanted to keep on feeling the sensation. As you learn new movements, it's always a new feeling."

To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (trampolinechatillon.com, 01 Feb 2022)

He trains at the National Institute for Sport, Expertise and Performance [INSEP] in Paris, France.

"I am a competitor at heart, so when I see someone stronger I always want to reach their level and beat them. It is a mentality - you keep climbing the ladder and eventually you just want to be the very best." (trampolinechatillon.com, 01 Feb 2022)

EARLY DAYS
After coaches noticed his talent for trampoline when he was a boy, the commune in which he lived, Bouglon, installed a trampoline in a municipal room for him to train on. At age 13 he left his parents' home in southern France to join the national prospects hub in Paris. "What pushed me, was the will of becoming the best in my sport, and I asked my parents to go to the best place in France. They had the courage of letting me go that young, and I am thankful for that." (france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr, 08 Apr 2018; blog.france-trampoline.com, 12 Aug 2010)

COACHING
In January 2022 he began coaching at the Chatillonnaise Trampoline Association [ATC] in Paris, France. (trampolinechatillon.com, 01 Feb 2022)