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The new life of Brigitte Yague

The silver medal in the London Games 2012 he settled in Mallorca and is a pioneer in Spain focused on the elite club with her husband and coach, Juan Antonio Ramos

Brigitte Yague has resumed its activity after the injury that forced him to stand more than a year and has done so with new illusions. It is definitely installed in Mallorca and Palma has become a club of taekwondo, Ramos called Club Elite & Brigitte, together with her husband, Juan Antonio Ramos, aims to bring to the island the top Taekwondo World. A pioneering project in Spain and Europe.

A challenge to sport the Mallorcan, considered the best taekwondo world to date, now in addition to exercising your partner orders, Juan Antonio Ramos one with an enviable record as a sportsman-double world champion and three-time European, among other national and international medals as a coach-and after the results of the last three years as head of France.
“It is a project that is already underway, although no facilities will be closed until January”, explains Brigitte Yague a break during a training session in one of the rooms of the Princes of Spain.

Exercising Taekwondo there with other level-as the Spaniard José Luis Méndez-because they need a little more space. “Since September we train in the gym Pro Gym, Palma. Robert-el dueño us has given many facilities, but we needed more space and the Center for Modernization rent us a room”, adds. Visit combos Panama and Costa Rica, and Anthony Obame, disciple of Ramos, forced them to find a place that “do not disturb” users of Pro Gym. “We have signed an agreement with him, so that our athletes can also use their facilities. We are helping much”, asserts Olympic medalist.

“We try to seize on Juan Antonio coach with Team France, with whom he has had very good results. Internationally, he is considered one of the best coaches in the world”, Yague notes, who recognizes that one of the main reasons to form the new club has been back to the island. “He wanted to return home, and also wanted to be together. So we set up this new project”, states.

The club is aimed primarily at the elite Taekwondo. “People come from outside to prepare major championships, but will also be very beneficial for us here. And of course, we want to form a club base for children to start learning this discipline”, adds Yague, recalling his first steps: “When I was a kid I started slowly and eventually made a good group and we went out championships. The objective is to form a good group to compete in the future”.

A novel project
“It's something new. A double project, base portion and part of elite”, said Juan Antonio Ramos, highlighting: “And we're home. We are excited and we hope that the impact is positive”. The coach and husband of Brigitte Yague had to dismiss offers to come to Mallorca: “I was in France three years, with which we get enough titles, and had called me to go to Mexico, Guinea Ecuatorial, and also to train in Spain. But in the end we decided to mount this project, I hope it works”.

“It is always difficult to start. Thanks are due to Pro Gym to let us use their facilities. And when people came out, as this past week, We've rented the room the EBE. We are very happy and thank Him that we have allowed rent”, Ramos explains, you have the recipe for this new life is successful: “Fight and work, which is important”.

M. Fernández Palma Diario de Mallorca