Through Simon Louvet
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A departure towards “new adventures”. The Olympic medalist judoka Margaux Pinot announced Tuesday, February 15, 2022 his departure from the Sports Star of the Blanc-Mesnil, his club for six years. “A new start and new adventures” for the champion, who was deeply marked by the affair of the domestic violence with his former trainer and companion Alain Schmittwhich occurred at the end of 2021 and which must be retried.
European champion, gold medal: an important record
“It’s time for me to open up to other horizons and other perspectives”, explained Margaux Pinot on her Facebook page. Without explaining the reasons for her departure or the continuation of these “adventures”, the 28-year-old champion thanked her club and the municipality. She said she made her decision “after several months of reflection”.
Native BesanconMargaux Pinot confided in January, to theEast Republican, on his desires elsewhere. Reminiscent of a training center in Valencein Spain, she also said to have approached theInsepthe national sports institute, in Paris.
Margaux Pinot had joined the ESBM in September 2016, after passing through the clubs of Vesoul, Mulhouse and Levallois-Perret. Before her arrival, she had become world champion in 2014. Her time at Blanc-Mesnil was marked by great sporting successes: European team champion in 2017, second at the European championships in 2019 and European champion in 2020, then Olympic team champion in 2021.
Record completed by five victories at Grand Prix and Grand Slam, and especially by the title of champion of France gleaned in 2018 by the Blanc-Mesnil club. At the beginning of February 2022, she won her last competition with ESBM, the Paris Grand Slam.
Departure after the domestic violence case with Alain Schmitt
Margaux Pinot had a very difficult end to 2021. At the beginning of December, the judoka shared a photo of her swollen face, accusing her coach from Blanc-Mesnil and companion Alain Schmitt of having violently attacked her. Judged at Bobigny, he had been acquitted of the facts of domestic violence. A decision that the prosecution appealed.
The two athletes had opposed through the media, delivering two opposing accounts of the facts. The French Judo Federation had suspended Alain Schmitt, who now holds positions in the Bulgarian national judo team. The showdown between the two judokas should continue, again in court, at the next trial.
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