Alexis Vastine, 28 year old boxer, is one of the ten victims of the accident helicopter occurred in Argentina, Monday, March 9. The young man, bronze medalist at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 in the category of less than 69 kg, came from a family of boxers Pont-Audemer (Eure). His father, Alain Vastine, former vice-champion of France, was his coach. His brother and two sisters were also involved in the sport. Vastine the family had been bereaved in early January by the death of the youngest of the family, Celie, 21, victim of a road accident near Deauville.
The career of Alexis Vastine, lined with gold medals in the championship of France, was marked by disappointment and tears. The Beijing Olympic Games, in 2008, a controversial arbitration decision had pronounced his defeat against the Dominican Felix Diaz in the semifinals. Alexis Vastine was left with the bronze medal. Four years later, history seemed to repeat itself with its elimination of the London Olympics. He was then brought out in the quarterfinals facing the Ukrainian Taras Shelestyuk on arbitral award, but was applauded by the public.
Once again, Alexis Vastine had unsuccessfully challenged this decision. He had been affected by the loss. “When I think about my future, I see nothing” , had he then sorry. “my dream was broken” , said the young man in an interview with the L’Equipe , two months after this disappointment. If were followed by depression and the wilderness recently broken by a new championship Military World in June 2014. This was his fourth title since his appointment in the Army in 2008.
There are a few months, Alexis Vastine had announced its intention to “do everything to qualify for the Olympics in Rio in 2016″ and then hang up. RMC, he had confided his desire to “switch to something else” . “I’m a little tired. I did a little tour. I feel the need to open up to another world. Drama and comedy interest me much but it must be good to live. “
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