The legend of biathlon Martin Fourcade had a very surprising retraining after his career.
Martin Fourcade is a former sportsman, star and even legend of world biathlon. It is also in the French sport pantheon with six gold medals and one silver at the Olympic Games. It is the only sexuple Olympic champion in tricolor sport. And his record does not stop there because you have to add 7 large crystal globes, 26 small globes for 150 podiums and 84 victories. Fourcade is also 28 medals including 13 in gold in the Worlds. In short, a real legend.
The Frenchman was quite discreet at the end of his media career, not choosing ease by becoming for example consultant to transmit his passion. He could have been the embodiment of the 2030 Olympic Games in France like Tony Estanguet for Paris 2024, but after internal quarrels, he decided to withdraw, creating a void and some tensions. Business far from his retraining a few months ago when he started in a very personal one man show.
A choice he has always dreamed of? Not on saying, “I never dreamed of being an actor or singer, I wanted to be a sportsman. There may be a part of an artist in there, but I dreamed of being champion, without too much Knowing what it meant but it was my dream. ” However, it was therefore on the boards that he wanted to say goodbye to sport, he who was frustrated by his end of career and the closed doors because of the covid.
“No one to answer me on stage so I could tell what I want. The idea was to talk about faults, difficult moments, to show that there are certain personality traits that helped me to become champion but that ‘Today I try to erase, “also explained biathlete.
His show was a One Shot, with 15 dates only from October 2023 to March 2024 with beautiful cities on the program like Aix en Provence, Bordeaux, Colmar or Paris. A short challenge to take care of his daughters then, the most important thing for the French who missed a lot because of his career.
The public also hosted the show of the member of the International Olympic Committee within the Commission of athletes with enthusiasm and benevolence. The rooms were full like his very last in Bordeaux with 700 people present laughing out.