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Margot Fournie
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Nov 1, 2024 at 6:02 a.m.
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Licensed at the Strasbourg badminton club, ASPTT, Rosy Oktavia Pancasari has just become French number 1 in the world rankings.
“He saw our neighbor playing badminton”
Rosy Oktavia Pancasari started playing badminton in Surabaya in 2005. She was 11 years old.
« Mon father was marathon runner. One day, he saw our neighbor playing badminton outside and he thought it would be good for his children to do it. Now my two older brothers and my two sisters do it. The largest even an academy in Indonesia. It’s a very popular sport there,” says the young woman.
“It’s not just ‘hitting a shuttlecock’”
In his eyes, badminton combines “dynamics, technique and tactics. It’s not just ‘hitting a shuttlecock’. » It’s a sport that requires mental strength because “during matches, there are moments when you think you’re bad. »
And sports love at first sight who pushed him to come to Europe. It was about progress.
In 2013, with the help of her older sister, she moved to Chambly in the Hauts-de-France department. Then in 2014, she joined Mulhouse where she played doubles. But, above all, there is met his coach current: Julien Fuchs, former high-level player.
“A very good technical base”
“He asked me to join the ASPTT in 2016,” continues the sportswoman.
“She had a very good technical base, but she lived on her bases, in a lower division at his level,” adds Julien Fuchs.
However, the champion did not rise to this level straight away. She passed a Dejps diploma to be a trainer, had several operations at the feet. It was only in 2021 that I spoke with my coach and told him that I wanted to get the points. »
“I really pushed my body”
In the process, she obtained French nationality. A unexpected decision for his family. Liberator for her.
And which has an impact on his career. This change of nationality did not allow him to immediately access tournaments. According to her, her training did not start early enough to hope to participate in the 2024 Olympics.
” I was just after the first. When I learned it, it was complicated because I had really pushed my body. I had also cut myself off from my social life for two years,” confides Rosy Oktavia Pancasari.
Since then, she has bounced back. She passed French number 1 in the world rankings. Currently, she is preparing for world championships which will take place in August 2025, keeping in mind the 2028 Olympics.
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