Travelling. (ffgym.fr, 01Jul 2023)

Athlete, Media Professional

Communications - Superior Institute of Media [ISCPA]: Paris, FRA

English, French

Acro Sarthe: Le Mans, FRA

Virginie Abadie [mother], Romuald Abadie [father]

She began practising artistic gymnastics at age seven and took up tumbling at age 10.

Her parents are gymnastics coaches. She combined artistic gymnastics with tumbling for four years before focusing mainly on tumbling at age 14 when she realised she had bigger chances to reach high performance sport in this discipline. "[I like] the feeling of doing extraordinary things that not many people can do. I also love the feeling of flying."

She trains 15 hours per week.

AUDIOVISUAL PROJECT
She runs the audiovisual project 'Haut Niveau' [High Performance] where she presents the stories of high performance athletes. "I started from the argument that the moments of joy are not those that make an athlete as we are only interesting when we win. However, in the end it is our capacity of overcoming difficulties, injuries, doubts that really represent our daily lives. During my career I have met big champions and discovered inspiring people and their stories which most of the times are unknown. So I decided to get all these stories accessible to more people." (ouest-france.fr, 05 Apr 2023)

TRAINING WITH HER PARENTS
She is trained by her parents, Virginie and Romuald, and says that their high expectations have helped her to develop her career. "It's true that it could be more demanding in terms of expectations and hard training. Their expectations towards me are more important but I think it had helped me to get to the level I am today." (spotgym.fr, 26 Oct 2023)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has a master's degree in graphic communication design from the School of Design, Applied Arts and Communication [ESDAC] in Rennes, France. (LinkedIn profile, 28 Oct 2023; ecole-esdac.com, 2023)