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@ava_nat

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📍Grenoble 🏔️| Lausanne ☀️
🐬 Former international swimmer & lifesaver 🦋🐸

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It hasn’t been easy to post lately.
I guess I’ve been navigating… transitions. In my sport journey, if I can still call it that.

Injuries are part of the path when you’re an athlete. But when they pile up, drag you down, and blur your horizon… when they last for months, then years… at some point, you start wondering: where is the line between persistence and acceptance?

It’s been two years now.
Two years of heels tendinitis. I’ve tried everything: physio, specific protocols, shockwave therapy, cortisone injections… even Botox to force muscle rest. Nothing has worked.
And for over a year, I’ve also been dealing with constant pelvic pain every time I make any effort. Nothing shows on the MRI. Nothing on the ultrasound. No real diagnosis. Just this ongoing fog, this feeling of being stuck in a Dr. House episode… only without the answers.

Not being able to train, to move freely, to do what I love… it creates a strange kind of emptiness. A lot of uncertainty.

I’m not quitting sport. But I am stepping away from high-level competition.
I’m trying to reconnect with small joys, with what I can do, even if it’s not much right now.

I’m not giving up.
But I’m choosing to take care of myself first. Because honestly, health is everything. Without it, nothing makes sense.

So this isn’t a goodbye.
Just a pause. A moment to breathe. To heal.
And maybe, to come back stronger… or simply, to come back more at peace. ✨

From my very first Swiss champion title to my last international podium at the Military World Swimming Championships… what a ride it has been !Along the way: multiple titles and podiums at the Swiss and French national swimming championships, national and international medals in lifesaving, including European and World Champion titles, European and World Records, and numerous national and
International military medals in both swimming and lifesaving.

Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey since 2008, to all those I’ve met along the way, trained with, competed against, learned from, or just crossed paths with. You’ve shaped this chapter more than you know.

📸 @videoprod64 @roldy.cueto @claraphotosports

#swimming #lifesaving by @ava_nat

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CISM World Military Swimming Championships 2024 🇩🇪

🥈100m breaststroke
🥉50m breaststroke
🥉50m butterfly
🥉50m back

What a 🇫🇷 team ! Thanks for the memories ! 🤩🫶🏼

🗣️MÉCHANT MÉCHANT
🎶💃🏼Maya l’abeille

#cismworldmilitarychampionship #swimming #sport #natation #athlete #swimmingpool #competition #justkeepswimming #smile #blondie #blondiegirl #water #sport #havefun #military #frenchteam #frenchgirl taken in Sportschule der Bundeswehr by @ava_nat

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2 years ago

Step by step 🐳🦋

📸 @videoprod64

#swimming #lifesaving #sport #natation #athlete #swimmingpool #competition #justkeepswimming #smile #blondie #blondiegirl #water #sport #havefun taken in Montpellier, France by @ava_nat

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2 years ago

Jeux Olympiques - Paris 2024

Tellement heureuse et chanceuse d’avoir vu les meilleurs nageurs du monde entier, petite mention spéciale aux français et aux suisses 🇫🇷🇨🇭🫶🏼

📸 @drey_balleroy

#jeuxolympiques #olympic #olympics #swimming #france #suisse #switzerland #fast #lucky #athlete #swimmer taken in Plenitude Arena by @ava_nat

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2 years ago

World Military Lifesaving Championships 🌍🪖🫡

18 mois après mes derniers championnats du monde, j’ai remis le bonnet de l’équipe de France mais cette fois-ci en tant que militaire🪖🫡

Replonger pour cette compétition n’a pas été facile : plus d’1 an d’arrêt, changement de rythme de vie, nouveau boulot, s’entraîner seule, encaisser la pression, etc.

Mais tellement fière d’avoir représenté l’armée française, l’armée de terre et la France 🇫🇷
Merci la team France, merci les copains🫶🏼

Bilan:
🥇relais bouée tube en mer
🥇relais 4x50m obstacle
🥇relais 4x25 mannequin + WMR🌍🪖🔥
🥈50m mannequin
5e 100m mannequin palmes

🥇🏆 FRANCE🇫🇷

EEEEELLLL FUEEEGOOOOO🔥🇫🇷🫶🏼 taken in Montpellier, France by @ava_nat

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2 years ago

World military championships starting tomorrow with the opening ceremony at 6p.m.

Let’s go team France 🇫🇷🫶🏼

#Lifesaving #swimming #worldmilitary #worldchampionship #france #athlete #military #sport #blondie #letsgo #havefun #win #letsdothis #teamfrance taken in Palavas-les-Flots by @ava_nat

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2 years ago

Getting ready for the World Military Championships🫡🇫🇷

📸 @magali_rousseau

#Lifesaving #swimming #worldmilitary #worldchampionship #france #athlete #military #sport #blondie #letsgo #havefun #win #letsdothis #teamfrance taken in Piscine olympique d'Antigone by @ava_nat

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Championnats de France de sauvetage sportif

Retour à la compétition après plus de 1 an et demi de « break » sous les couleurs de l’armée de Terre 🪖@armee2terre @sportsdefense et de Perpignan 🔴🟡@esn.perpignan

Des résultats prometteurs… mais il reste beaucoup de travail.

🎯Prochain objectif : Championnats du monde militaire de sauvetage sportif du 17-24 mai 🇫🇷🪖

📸 @claraphotosports

#swimming #lifesaving #sport #natation #athlete #swimmingpool #competition #justkeepswimming #smile #blondie #blondiegirl #water #sport #havefun Oui c’était dur… taken in Tarbes, France by @ava_nat

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2 years ago

“Keep your focus on the goal and your eyes on target”

Prochaine étape de cette année 2024 : les championnats de France de sauvetage. (J-2)

Je nagerai pour l’ @armee2terre et pour @esn.perpignan 😎

Une étape de plus à franchir dans cette ascension débutée il y a un peu plus d’un an. ✨🧘🏼‍♀️

Force & résilience 🐳🦋

📸 @flopics.swim

#swimming #lifesaving #sport #natation #athlete #swimmingpool #competition #justkeepswimming #smile #blondie #blondiegirl #water #sport #havefun by @ava_nat

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3 years ago

- Championnats de France Masters 25m 2024 -

Petit retour sur ces championnats.
Belles surprises alors que le physque n’est pas au top.

9 épreuves : 5 individuelles & 4 relais.
- 5🥇en individuel + 1 Record de France C1 + 1 PB
- 3🥇1🥈en relais + 1 Record de France R3

Encore une belle compétition avec ma Team @toacnatation 🤍💙 merci 🫶🏼

Merci @jonathansimon2 comme toujours, au top du top 🫶🏼
Merci @sportsdefense pour le soutien 🔥

Hungry for more 😈

#swimming #lifesaving #natation #athlete #swimmingpool #competition #justkeepswimming #smile #blondie #blondiegirl #water #sport #havefun taken in Le Puy-En Velay, Auvergne, France by @ava_nat

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3 years ago

Apparement c’est l’heure de s’y remettre ⏱️🏊🏼‍♀️😅

🔛 France Master en guise de préparation et d’entraînement !

Au programme : du lactique et du nerveux 🤤

Sous les couleurs du @toacnatation & du @sportsdefense

#swimming #lifesaving #natation #athlete #swimmingpool #competition #justkeepswimming #smile #blondie #blondiegirl #water #sport #havefun taken in Le Puy-En Velay, Auvergne, France by @ava_nat

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Take your marks - BIP !

Many adventures yet to come 👀🤫

Keep up to date 😉

#backontrack #heyitsme #imback #swimming #lifesaving #win #sport #stronger #faster #objectif #neverbackdown #nevergiveup #resilience by @ava_nat

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