{"id":429207,"date":"2025-12-04T08:46:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T07:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ma-grande-taille.com\/?p=429207"},"modified":"2025-12-04T08:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T07:46:11","slug":"apres-jo-championne-melanie-de-jesus-dos-santos-parle-galere-financiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ma-grande-taille.com\/en\/people\/after-winning-the-olympic-gold-medal-melanie-de-jesus-dos-santos-speaks-about-her-financial-struggles-429207","title":{"rendered":"After the Olympics, this champion speaks out about her financial struggles: internet users react strongly."},"content":{"rendered":"

M\u00e9lanie De Jesus Dos Santos, a gymnast from Martinique with 7 European medals, including 4 gold and 4 bronze at the 2023 World Championships, recently broke her silence on RTL<\/a> . Eliminated in the qualifying rounds for the 2024 Paris Olympics despite her ambitions, she described a brutal precariousness after the Games: sponsors like Dior, LVMH, Adidas, and Venus have disappeared, leaving her without a stable income.<\/p>\n

A brilliant track record in the face of economic reality<\/h2>\n

Despite an exceptional career path \u2013 arriving in mainland France at age 12 from Martinique, quickly integrating into the French junior team, then achieving great things at the senior level despite a serious ligament injury in 2015 \u2013 M\u00e9lanie De Jesus Dos Santos embodies the hopes of French gymnastics. Yet, after the disappointment of the home Olympics, which led to a burnout treated by a psychologist, psychiatrist, and hypnosis, reality hits hard: "Today, I have nothing [...] You go from everything to nothing, you feel abandoned,"<\/em> she told RTL.<\/p>\n

Living with her parents due to a lack of funds for an apartment, she works as an employee at Cr\u00e9gym Martinique to support herself, emphasizing that "gymnastics is not a professional sport, you have to win to earn money"<\/em> . <\/p>\n

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