🥇 Faster, higher, stronger. And suddenly, the podium. Heroes of a nation, they win their medals with sweat and tears and make the crowds dream. Then silence. What happens to our athletes at the end of their careers? For a long time, it was difficult for top sportsmen and women to change careers, apart from a few happy endings in the world of coaching or sports journalism, but the rules are changing. Former players are proving to have all the soft skills that companies are looking for. How are French schools preparing the new generation of medallists for ambitious dual careers in sport and academia? What new arrangements are possible and how are they being experienced on the ground?

🙏 Thanks to all those who took part in this episode: 

• Émilie Andéol, gold medallist in judo at the 2016 Olympic Games and director of the Ippon Foundation

• Sarah Boudaoud, footballer and co-founder of the association La Passe D

• Astrid Boudet, former coordinator of the Grandes Ecoles High-Level Sport programme at EM Lyon

• Maxim Boltushskin, hockey player and high-level sports student at Paris 8 University

• Hugues-Fabrice Zango, triple jump world champion and doctor of electrical engineering
  

The French Teach is a podcast created by Campus France, produced by Usbek & Rica and hosted by Clémentine Spiler. In each episode, we invite you to discover a field of study with a future, and the french courses that are being created to meet the challenges of tomorrow. Academics, students, alumni, entrepreneurs, researchers... you'll find the voices of those who can help you make the right career choices, and who have come to France to study.

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