Justin Michel, 19 years old and unwavering determination. Originally from Cuiseaux and Lons-le-Saunier, the young man, suffering from stage 3 spinal muscular atrophy (degenerative muscle disease), is an example for all those who know him. Diagnosed at the age of 2, he will have his first chair three years later. Despite everything, Justin fights to achieve his dreams: playing sports and traveling. Justin, today, makes his dreams come true. And even does much more than that. A wheelchair tennis player for seven years now, the young man is close to his dream of participating in major tournaments.
Indeed, the French number 1 in wheelchair tennis in the “quad” category – who performs around fifteen tournaments per year, exclusively in Europe for the moment – sees bigger, higher, stronger. Ranked 26e world, he would like to reach the Holy Grail: the Grand Slam tournaments and especially Roland-Garros. But for that, he would already have to enter the Top 20 or even the Top 15, and there…
