Tennis champion Pauline Déroulède was the victim of a serious accident that changed her life forever. After a long convalescence, she finally learned what would be the outcome of the trial against the one who caused this accident …
The French Tennis player Handisport Pauline Déreléde lived a dreadful drama that upset her life a few years ago. After her slow reconstruction, the 34 -year -old woman understood that she shouldn’t wait to get justice …
Pauline Dérouléde, the accident that turned her life tilt: “absolute horror”
One Saturday in October 2018, Pauline Dérméde, then 27 years old, came out of her sports session with her partner Typhaine. But suddenly, everything changed: “We went to a florist. I was on the sidewalk, I was waiting for him. Then suddenly, I was struck by behind and I found myself projected 50 m on the ground“She said to West France. Pauline Dérméde had just been broke in the 15th arrondissement of Paris by a car driven by an old man of 92 years.
His left leg was torn off. “”There is bustle around me, it’s absolute horror“Remember the tenniswoman. Pauline Déroulède was hospitalized for several months. To hold on, she had set herself a goal: to become a paralympic athlete and to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.”Sport was the best engine, tool for me to bounce back, it has always been and there more than ever, sport saved me“She explained to France TV Sport in a portrait dedicated to him.
Pauline Dérouléde, revolted by a “serious injustice”
Since then, the young woman has practiced wheelchair tennis and moves on a daily basis thanks to her prosthesis. After waiting for the driver’s trial which overthrew her for several years, she learned, in early November 2021, that the latter had died. She had shared her impressions at West France : “Justice played the watch (…) It is one more injustice. For me, this trial was symbolic“. The tennis champion also expressed her regrets:”It would have been a solemn moment that would have enabled me to close this chapter “.
Since her accident, Pauline Dérméde has embarked on another fight. She campaigns for the establishment of compulsory medical visits throughout the lives of drivers. This would ensure better road safety and prevent other people with accidents similar to the one she has experienced. “”I work with road safety on the training to be given to general practitioners so that they can control the state of drivers“She explained to Ouest-France.
