“Why did you stop playing sports? “Why didn’t you ever talk about your disability? “You must be rich. “Assailed by these questions and clichés, Simone Thiero decided to tell everything once and for all. This 30-year-old girl from Essonne, currently living in Massy (Essonne), tells her story in a book she has just published on Amazon: The Ideal Image of an Athlete. A poignant testimony in which she remembers the underbelly of high-level sport and reveals her secret: paralysis of her right arm.
“I have suffered from a brachial plexus rupture since my birth on March 15, 1993 in Longjumeau,” admits Simone Thiero. This is the same pathology as Jamel Debbouze. Besides, when I was about ten years old, I was like him: I was in denial and always kept my hand in my pocket. For people with a complete tear, this means that all five nerves are affected. In my case, it is a partial rupture affecting two nerves: the ulnar and brachial. »
Source: Le Parisien
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