Clara Mansart is taking her sporting career to the next level. After a year working as a physiotherapist, the Frenchwoman has decided to put her career on hold to dedicate herself entirely to padel starting in September. Currently ranked 13th in France and 208th in the world, she plans to participate in around twenty international tournaments to try and accelerate her progress. 

Things are about to get serious very quickly. Mansart is expected at FIP Bronze Marnes IIwhere she will play alongside Marie-Amélie Dardaine. A first encounter that will symbolically launch this new phase of her career with a very busy international schedule.

A choice between two passions

For a year, Clara Mansart juggled her work as a physiotherapist with her progress on the slopes. This arrangement gradually became difficult to maintain given the demands of the international circuit.

The Frenchwoman admits it: temporarily leaving a job she loves wasn't an easy decision. But the results she's achieved in recent months have finally tipped the scales.

 International padel now requires time Between training, physical preparation, travel, and the succession of tournaments, Mansart has chosen to completely free up his professional schedule to give his sporting project a real chance.

Around twenty international tournaments are on the program.

This new organization should allow it to significantly increase its volume of competition.  Around twenty international tournaments are already being considered. , with a logical objective: to accumulate experience and points to continue progressing in the FIP ranking.

Actuellement  208th in the world Clara Mansart is getting closer to the top 200. Nationally, her  13th place in France  It also places her at the threshold of the group of the very best French players.

His move to full-time work therefore comes at a pivotal moment: high enough in the rankings to foresee new prospects, but still with significant room for improvement if the additional investment pays off.

From physiotherapist to 100% padel player: Clara Mansart changes her life and launches her challenge at the Fip Brone Marnes II

A new training facility is coming soon.

The change will not only affect her schedule. Mansart also announced that she will soon present  a new training structure as well as the people who will make up his sporting entourage .

A new environment that must support this desire to professionalize the project and build daily life around performance.

It remains to be seen how far this decision will lead her.

Clara Mansart has not set a time limit for this professional break. She prefers to summarize her choice with a simple idea:

 “I prefer to try my hardest rather than one day asking myself, ‘What if I had tried?’” 

From September onwards, it's time for the real-world experience. With more training and around twenty international tournaments in sight,  The Frenchwoman will be able to test her potential in a season truly dedicated to padel. 

A new training structure will be announced soon.

This change in status will also be accompanied by an evolution of his sporting environment.

The Frenchwoman announces that she will soon unveil  its new training structure and the team that will support it  in this project. An important element since his move to full-time work should also allow him to further professionalize his organization around the competition.

The immediate objective is not linked to a specific ranking to achieve. Mansart primarily wants to give himself the means to measure his true potential on the international circuit, without having to deal daily with the constraints of his profession as a physiotherapist.

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.

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