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KERYHUEL Jeremy Fafa

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Rank199
Pts4.500
Age29
HandL

Personal Information

Occupation Athlete

Languages English, French

Higher education Marketing - Leonardo Da Vinci Management School: Paris, FRA

License number 28101994002

Club

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Zone Championships--11
Le Caire (EGYPT), 2017-06-08

Sport Specific Information

When and where did you begin this sport? He began fencing at age five.

Why this sport? He became interested in the sport after he saw a billboard on the street about fencing classes.

Handedness Left

General Interest

Nicknames Daago (Facebook profile, 07 May 2020)

Most influential person in career His mother. (celsalab.fr, 10 Apr 2018)

Injuries He sustained an injury while competing at the 2017 World Cup event in Turin, Italy. He continued competing until April 2018, but then had to take two months away from the sport. (Facebook page, 11 Apr 2018)

Ambitions To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (Facebook page, 08 Jun 2022)

Other information FROM FRANCE TO COTE D'IVOIRE
He was born in Paris, France, to an Ivorian mother and a French father. He competed for France in under age categories, but in 2017 he decided to represent Cote d'Ivoire. "It was a difficult decision. It is true that it gives me lots of opportunities but the structure and support are not the same." (celsalab.fr, 10 Apr 2018; fr.allafrica.com, 11 Aug 2010)

FURTHER EDUCATION
He studied multimedia design and communications at the Copenhagen Business Academy in Denmark. He also has a master's degree in creative entrepreneurship from the London College of Creative Media in England. (Facebook profile, 07 May 2020)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has worked as artistic director at a web radio station in Paris, France. (Facebook profile, 07 May 2020)

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