The Frenchwoman is one of the great chances of a medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Alexandra Saint-Pierre arrived late on the international table tennis circuit, only in 2019. The athlete was in a road accident in 2017 while she was still studying in high school. Unfortunately, she became paraplegic at that time and fell into depression. It was in 2017 that a doctor encouraged her to take up sport to get out of this depression.He told me that physical activity would help me get out of the house. I always liked it and as a child, I even competed. Physical preparation helped me tone my upper body and regain independence. I use table tennis as a way to let off steam. As soon as something goes wrong, I go to training to focus on my game and it does me a world of good. I don’t think about anything and I forget all my worries. Ping allows me to maintain a mental balance on a daily basis. If I get injured and I can’t play, I feel my morale drop.”
LThe Frenchwoman was very quickly impressive by quickly climbing the ranks. In Granada, in 2022, thirteen months after her first steps, she won her first world champion title. She was vice-European champion the following year. Favorite for Paralympic gold, she is world number 2.I work a lot with video analysis to see what the opponents’ recurring game patterns are. I am younger than my opponents, they have the experience but I have the progression of a youngster. For their part, they are more in a phase of maintaining their game system.