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<\/path><\/svg><\/span> 2026 F\u00e9d\u00e9ration International de Padel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On the occasion of my fourth selection for the junior national team, I look back with emotion on my first selection in 2022 and how far I have come since then. It has been a human and sporting adventure that I would like to share today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Act I: 2022 European Junior Championships in Spain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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2022 team : Yoan Boronad, Tim\u00e9o Fonteny, Nathan Courrin, Arthaud Dumoulin, Lucas Pillon, Yann Auradou (capitaine), J\u00e9r\u00e9my Robert, Rom\u00e9o Gagneux, Yanick Maurel (capitaine), Olivier Guy de Chamisso, Johan Peloux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First selection<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It all began in 2022, when Yann Auradou and Yannick Maurel contacted us to announce that we had been selected for the junior national team. Basile Baud, Olivier Guy de Chamisso, Johan Peloux and I were selected for the under 14 group alongside the under 16 players Yoan Boronad, Tim\u00e9o Fonteny and Lucas Pillon, and the under 18 players Nathan Courrin, Arhaud Dumoulin and Rom\u00e9o Gagneux. We were proud and happy. We were getting ready to experience the crazy atmosphere of an international competition, but also the real adversity that can exist between nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Padel lesson<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The beginning was a bit hard for Basile and me. In our very first match, we faced the specialists in the discipline, Spain. The result: a decisive defeat, 6-0, 6-3. After being completely outplayed in the first set, we managed in the second by winning three games, a small consolation. That day, I realised just how big the gap was between us and the best players of our age, and how many hours of training I had ahead of me. The rest of the group matches went well. We finished second in our group, behind Spain of course, thus securing our place in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The school of life<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In the quarter-finals, things got tough against Portugal. Our opponents played very well, as did we, but we were unable to manage our emotions under the pressure of the Portuguese, who were shouting during the important moments. After our defeat, Yoan and Tim\u00e9o brought the two teams back to equal footing. Unfortunately, the decisive under 18 match turned in favour of the Portuguese. Our opponents benefited from the support of the Belgians, who clearly wanted us to lose. A little surprised, I asked a Belgian why they were so hostile. His answer left me speechless: \u2018The Belgians and the French have never liked each other.\u2019 It was a frustrating defeat, but a valuable learning experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A satisfying fifth place<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Despite our frustration, we managed to bounce back. Re-energised, we won our last two matches against Sweden and then the Netherlands. We finished fifth in the European Championships, with unforgettable memories, valuable lessons learned and, above all, a desire to come back stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Act II: 2023 Junior World Championships in Paraguay<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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2023 team : J\u00e9r\u00e9my Robert, Louis Jover, Lucas Pillon, Yannick Maurel (capitaine), Yann Auradou (capitaine), Yoan Boronad, Tim\u00e9o Fonteny, Julien Biron, Quentin Bernard, Nathan Perrot, Johan Peloux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Substitute but present<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I was still just as proud to wear the french team jersey, even though this time I was substitute. And honestly, how could I have expected anything else, being in the same category as Yoan and Tim\u00e9o? I was just happy to be part of the adventure, especially since I almost had to stay home due to an injury I sustained a few weeks earlier. Fortunately, I recovered in time and was ready to do my part, both on the pitch and on the bench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experiencing the competition... from the bench<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It's a strange but intense feeling to experience a competition from the bench. You share the same emotions as the players, but without the direct pressure. You get caught up in the atmosphere, you go through all kinds of emotions, you cheer, you get excited, you shout yourself hoarse, you jump up with every spectacular point, whether won or lost... you experience the match intensely, as if you were playing yourself. And then there's this mix of contradictory feelings: on the one hand, the desire to get on the pitch, and on the other, the wish that this doesn't happen, because it would mean a friend is down. So I experienced these Junior World Championships in a totally different way from the European Championships, but I enjoyed them just as much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It's stuck in the quarter-finals!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Once again, the team will not reach the final four, stopped in the quarter-finals by Sweden, a sweet revenge for them after our victory at the 2022 European Championships. We will have to wait a little longer to climb onto an international podium. We then reacted with seriousness and determination to take fifth place, beating Mexico and then Italy in a tense match won in the decisive match!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Act III: 2024 European Junior Championships in Hungary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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2024 team : Tim\u00e9o Fonteny, Thomas Basso, J\u00e9r\u00e9my Robert, Nathan Perrot, Yann Auradou (capitaine), Olivier Guy de Chamisso, Basile Baud, Sacha Huard de la Marre, Yoan Boronad, Yannick Maurel (capitaine), Gabriel Bessiere, Eliott Mura<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An incredible team<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In the under 18 age category, there's no need to introduce the team's stalwarts, Yoan and Tim\u00e9o, who have been loyal to the cause since 2021, reinforced by Thomas Basso, who was making his debut, a well-deserved reward after a year of intensive training at the All In Academy. In the under 16 age category, I was reunited with my friends Basile and Olivier. And to complete the team, four promising young talents made up the under 14 age category: Nathan Perrot, Sacha Huard de la Marre, Gabriel Bessiere and Eliott Mura. We felt that our team was strong, but we were far from imagining that it would make French padel history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spain still unbeatable, but...<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Avec Olivier nous avons rencontr\u00e9 trois fois la m\u00eame paire espagnole durant la semaine de comp\u00e9tition : deux fois pendant la comp\u00e9tition par \u00e9quipes (phase de poules et finale) et en demi-finale de l’open. Rien \u00e0 faire, ils sont toujours au dessus ! Nous avons perdu les trois matchs. Mais en comparaison de ma premi\u00e8re exp\u00e9rience ib\u00e9rique, en 2022, j’ai eu le sentiment que l’\u00e9cart de niveau \u00e9tait moins important. La preuve, s’il fallait en douter, que l’entrainement paye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History: European Junior Vice-Champions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Un beau parcours qui nous a permis d’acc\u00e9der \u00e0 la finale. Nous avons encha\u00een\u00e9 les victoires : contre la Suisse et l’Allemagne pendant les phases de poule, contre l’Italie en quart et contre la Su\u00e8de en demi, la belle \u00e9tait pour nous. En finale, la hi\u00e9rarchie a \u00e9t\u00e9 respect\u00e9e : les Espagnols l’ont emport\u00e9e et sont rest\u00e9s les rois de l’Europe. Mais pour nous, l\u2019essentiel \u00e9tait ailleurs. Nous \u00e9tions vice-champions d\u2019Europe, avec \u00e0 la cl\u00e9 une m\u00e9daille d\u2019argent, la toute premi\u00e8re pour l’\u00e9quipe de France juniors de padel. Ce moment restera grav\u00e9. Non seulement pour la performance, mais aussi pour ce qu\u2019elle symbolise : une g\u00e9n\u00e9ration qui progresse et un collectif qui se construit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Act IV: 2025 Junior World Championships in Spain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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S\u00e9lection 2025 : Yann Auradou (capitaine), Nathan Perrot, Gabriel Bessiere, Quentin Bernard, J\u00e9r\u00e9my Robert, Sacha Huard de la Marre, Johan Peloux, Yoan Boronad, Olivier Guy de Chamisso, Eliott Mura, Tim\u00e9o Fonteny, J\u00e9r\u00e9my Garcia (capitaine)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wonderful story continues<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Competition was fierce this year in the under 18 category. Yoan and Tim\u00e9o were, of course, in the starting line-up, but the real question was: who would join them? Thomas Basso, Olivier Guy de Chamisso or me? I\u2019d put my money on Thomas, a versatile player capable of playing on the right and the left. In the end, the captains decided to take two substitutes: Olivier, a right-sided player, and me, a left-sided player. When Yann Auradou and J\u00e9r\u00e9my Garcia (the new captain) told me I\u2019d been selected, I could hardly believe it.\n\nTranslated with DeepL.com (free version) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bronze medal for the first time<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

What a source of pride it is to have been part of the first French junior team to bring home a medal from the World Junior Championships. A fine bronze medal that demonstrates the progress made by French padel. In their final year as juniors, Tim\u00e9o and Yoan did their last call-up justice by securing the final point that enabled the team to finish third in the competition with a victory over Paraguay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Act V: 2026 European Junior Championships in Portugal<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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2026 team : Quentin Bernard, Nathan Perrot, Sacha Huard de la Marre, Sim\u00e9o Debroy, Tyrone Pottier, J\u00e9r\u00e9my Robert, Olivier Guy de Chamisso, J\u00e9r\u00e9my Garcia (coach), Vivien Duport (physiotherapist), Gabriel Bessiere, Paul Gueguen, Sacha Devriendt, Yann Auradou (coach)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five out of five<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

My fifth year in the juniors, my fifth selection. One last time, I was to have the chance and the honour of representing France in the race for the European Junior Padel Championship title. More than ever, the team felt capable of winning gold \u2013 a challenging goal, but one we were determined to achieve by defeating the Spanish giants for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A solid start to the group stage<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Ma\u00eetris\u00e9e ou presque ! Dans notre premi\u00e8re rencontre contre l’Italie, avec Olivier, nous avons d\u00fb batailler en trois sets pour remporter le match d\u00e9cisif. Une petite frayeur qui aurait pu nous couter la premi\u00e8re place de notre groupe et nous aurait opposer \u00e0 l’Espagne d\u00e8s les demi-finales. Les deux autres rencontres, contre les Pays-Bas et la Belgique, nous ont pos\u00e9 moins de difficult\u00e9s : l’\u00e9quipe s’est impos\u00e9e 3-0 \u00e0 chaque fois. Nous terminons premier de notre poule, validant ainsi notre ticket pour les demi-finales contre le Portugal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spain, always Spain !<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Apr\u00e8s avoir battu le Portugal en demi-finale au prix d’une belle bagarre remport\u00e9e au match d\u00e9cisif, nous attendait en finale, les tenants du titre, l’Espagne. Longtemps consid\u00e9r\u00e9e comme infranchissable, la montagne ib\u00e9rique nous paraissait \u00e0 notre port\u00e9e. Malgr\u00e9 une belle combativit\u00e9, nous nous sommes une fois de plus inclin\u00e9s. Nous avons confirm\u00e9 notre statut de deuxi\u00e8me nation europ\u00e9enne du padel juniors mais l’Espagne restera encore cette ann\u00e9e sur le toit de l’Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new chapter begins, bringing my junior years to a close. Five years playing at junior level, five call-ups to the national team. I am proud and delighted to have been able to play my part in developing padel amongst young people in France. A huge thank you to the federation for placing their trust in me over all these years.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Five consecutive call-ups to the French junior national team over five years at junior level. It\u2019s time for me to look back on this fabulous adventure, from my first call-up right through to the silver medal at the European Junior Championships.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"publications-blog","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-3200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-equipe-de-france"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/jeremyrobert.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026_fip-championnats-europe-juniors-jeremy.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeremyrobert.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeremyrobert.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeremyrobert.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeremyrobert.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeremyrobert.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3200"}],"version-history":[{"count":182,"href":"https:\/\/jeremyrobert.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7012,"href":"https:\/\/jeremyrobert.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200\/revisions\/7012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeremyrobert.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeremyrobert.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeremyrobert.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeremyrobert.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}