THE SPORTS SCAN – At 29, Joseph Terhec could try a strange reconversion. Triple French judo champion, he tries rugby with the Brive club.
The recovery has begun and some faces are unfamiliar. This Monday, July 15, the players of CA Brive, which plays in pro D2, were on the training ground. The old ones like Thomas Laranjeira and Matthieu Voisin were able to discover for the first time Courtney Lawes, former English international with 105 caps.
According to The mountainanother face appeared for the first time. Joseph Terhec appeared on the Brive side. Heavyweight judoka, he is a triple French champion. Still on the circuit, the Norman had retired in the final during the last championship last November.
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«I had been in a slump for a while and was starting to get back on my feet.” confided the 128 kilo judoka to our colleagues at West France . So at 29 years old, the one who often fought against Teddy Riner, tried his hand at rugby.
A physiotherapist in civilian life, Joseph Terhec tried his hand as a right pillar with the Corrèze club.