GORAM Melissa

Personal Information

Residence Paris, FRA

Occupation Athlete

Languages Creole, French, Spanish

Higher education Commerce - National Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance [INSEP]: Paris, FRA

License number 30051990001

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Sport Specific Information

When and where did you begin this sport? She took up the sport as a child at the Petit-Bourg fencing club in the French overseas territory Guadeloupe, after her mother signed her up.

Why this sport? She was inspired by watching French fencer Laura Flessel-Colovic win gold in women's epee at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. "I can still see myself witnessing Laura's victory at the Olympic Games. I knew straight away that I wanted to do fencing."

Club / Team Beauvais ACA: France

Name of coach Emmanuel Mortecrette [club], FRA; Jean-Francois Di Martino [national], FRA

Training Regime She trains at the National Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance [INSEP] in Paris, France.

Handedness Left

General Interest

Hero / Idol French fencer Laura Flessel-Colovic. (france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr, 04 Jun 2017)

Injuries In July 2017 she required surgery after sustaining a ligament injury to her right knee. She was back training again after six months, and made her return to the World Cup circuit in November 2018. (Facebook profile, 13 Nov 2018; leparisien.fr, 11 Jun 2018)

In March 2013 she injured her left wrist and required surgery. (guadeloupe.franceantilles.fr, 12 Sep 2013)

Sporting philosophy / motto "Never give up." (Facebook profile, 16 May 2018)

Famous relatives Her brother Kryss Lambert has competed in fencing at an elite level. He won a team bronze medal at the 2018 World Military Championships. (Le Parisien, 16 Dec 2018; france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr, 04 Jun 2017)

Ambitions To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr, 04 Jun 2017)

Other information GUADELOUPE ORIGINS
She grew up in the French overseas territory Guadeloupe and returns to the island twice a year to visit family. In March 2020, when France entered a national lockdown due to COVID-19, she returned to Guadeloupe to train with several members of the French national team. (Instagram profile, 12 Sep 2020; la1ere.francetvinfo.fr, 17 Apr 2020)