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Sport is life learning

If we're fervent defenders of nature and the environment, we can't imagine life without leaving place for sport.

Life in the great outdoors is synonymous with well-being, fitness, physical activity, mental strength and character, all of which are necessary key words if we are to progress in the professional world.

With this in mind, we have chosen to support the family's two sons in their sporting activities, Nicolas in tennis and Hugo in swimming.

At 16, Nicolas, the youngest member of the family, despite being far away from his family and having to assimilate a new way of life, but with the staff of the JUSTINE HENIN ACADEMY and the BNP Paribas Young Talents program at his side, as well as sponsors BIDI BADU, LUXILON and HEAD, is now characterized as a solid 'hope' thanks to intensive training and an enormous determination to progress. 

• 2024     
  • • Making his debut in M15 and M25 ITF Pro tour 

• 2023     
  • • Integrated into the Justine Henin Academy (Belgium) with a view to joining the BNP Paribas program, he wins his first points in ITF and victories in M2 adults tournaments.

• 2022
  • • He leaves Madagascar for yhe South of France, where he trains and competes in national juniors and adultes tournaments, makes his Tennis Europe and ITF debut and collects his first international victories.

• 2021
  • • Madagascar U14 nr 1,  he plays in U14, U16, U18 et adults categories

• 2020
  • • After 3 tournaments in Europe, that year, marked by Covid, is devoted to intense training on private court

• 2019
  • • Selected for the Madagascar U12 national team
    • Madagascar U12 champion 
    • Begins to play in CAT Tennis U14 category (African Continental Tour)
    • Integration into sport studies

• 2018
  • • First continental wins

• 2017
  • • Playing in U12 category since he was 9

Would you like to follow Nicolas or contact him ?
Instagram: Nicolas_f_tennis
Web : www.nicofaystennis.com

As for Hugo, he's been passionate about swimming since a very young age. However, a lack of infrastructure kept him away from the pools until 2020, when a club was reborn, enabling him to refocus on that sport.

Like his brother, he pursued his studies via the Internet, and was able to train daily, quickly establishing himself in his favorite specialties, breaststroke and crawl.

While the health situation in 2020 and 2021, forcing the cancellation of all competitions, unfortunately dashed his hopes, 2022 proved a fruitful year for him, with two competitions earning him a qualification for the Islands Games and three medals, including one in the 400 m freestyle.

Having devoted the cooler months to solid physical maintenance, he was looking forward to October to get back in the pool, intensify and toughen his training programs and start 2023 with a bang: in March, 3 victories in 3 races (50 m Crawl, 50 m Butterfly and 4x50 m Freestyle Relay) in his first competition of the year, 1 silver medal in the 100 m backstroke a week later, then in April in Tamatave, where he broke all his personal records, 1 silver medal in the 50 m backstroke.

The intensification of his training programs had borne fruit; unfortunately for him, a lumbar problem forced him to undergo several months of rehabilitation at the start of the hot season, thus prohibiting him from competing for an indefinite period.

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We wish you all the best and fast recover, boy !