“I don’t hide from you that I the knot in my stomach when I come to work. I always wonder what they’re going to do to me.” says Rosa. His name and face are probably not unknown to you. And you are right. Rosa Murcia Gangloff, multiple French athletics champion, finished fourth in the marathon at the Paris Paralympic Games last September, 32 years after her first participation in the Barcelona Games.
For 20 years, until 2012, this Audoise who works in Béziers held the women’s record over 10,000 meters. For 12 years, young graduates of the BCAM (Béziers Cheminots Athlétisme Méditerranée) athletics club have had the privilege of being trained by this state graduate who has just celebrated her 60th birthday.
“I’m tired, I can’t take it anymore”
But for three years, his daily life has been as follows, confides the athlete: repeated moral harassment, discrimination in relation to one’s pathology, sidelining. Rosa Murcia Gangloff points the finger at the president of the association that employs her, as well as another coach and the club secretary. A complaint against X for harassment and moral violence was filed with the public prosecutor of Narbonne (Rosa lives in Aude).
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The president of the club, whom we contacted, refused to answer our questions.
A settling of scores?
“We dared to say to certain elected officials that I was incompetent because I saw nothing”the parathlete is indignant. During a recent visit, his ophthalmologist did not issue no contraindication to the exercise of his profession.
“Quite recently, occupational medicine confirmed that I was fit,” supports Rosa Murcia Gangloff, who thinks she is victim of a cabal since his position a little over three years ago, after the ouster of theformer president following cases of rape and sexual assault within the club.
“The disciples of the former president who are part of the current office make me pay for my engagement”
“People come to create stories for me in front of the children. My involvement is denigrated. I am systematically sidelined. You know, my employer no longer sends me the information necessary for the proper functioning, for the life of the club, for competitions. I am not informed about competitions and courses. There is no communication of training meetings.”
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Rosa explains to France Bleu that everything is done within the club to take away its own licensees. “This year, there was no meeting at the start of the season, they decided to take away my 25 kids and give them to someone else. I was warned that I was no longer training the youngest kids, the juniors and the cadets, that I had to train only the toddlers“And yet, in her contract, it is clearly stipulated that Rosa must train middle distance runners in all categories.
“When I returned from the Paralympic Games, around twenty children came to welcome me. They were happy with my performance. The president and the treasurer were there. They caused a scandal in front of the children”she confides.
“Everything is done to put me aside”
“Another example, trust Rosa: This weekend of November 10, there is a cross country. I am the only one in the club who was not informed of this competition. I don’t know anything. They decided to put me in the closet. It’s an obstacle to the smooth running of my business, it’s unbearable. I don’t think it’s related to my disability, but they use it to find the slightest excuse. My disability does not prevent me from training my athletes and competing.” she insists.
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Attempt at destabilization before the Paralympic Games?
When Rosa had just left for the Paralympic Games, her club sent her an email asking her to return to work on September 4. “They knew very well that I was running the marathon on September 8th. Two days before the test, I received another email informing me that I had a new mission, that from now on I was no longer training the youngest children, but the baby birds. All this is done to destabilize me. Luckily my husband kept the emails. He only read them to me when I returned. You know, I have the Games in 2028, I want to be calm“.
SO is it jealousy ? “I have a hard time understanding. I am surprised that the Béziers club does not benefit from my popularity. You know, I have been contacted by many other clubs, who have called me since this performance, but the BCAM does not Don’t worry about me. It’s misplaced jealousy. I feel free to tell you all this, free to file a complaint. I want the truth to come out. sincerely.”
Recently, Rosa met the elected official in charge of Sports at Béziers town hall as well as former MP Emmanuelle Ménard. At the end of November, she should be received by the city’s mayor, Robert Ménard.
Several witnesses
“For three years, I have accumulated the evidence, the testimoniesI warned them, they continued. The harassment has not stopped.“
One of the witnesses confides: “This harassment has been going on for several years. I witnessed this again quite recently. I had to intervene. The club president arrived aggressively. He attacked Rosa to prevent her from training her group of young people. There were parents and children nearby. He was very aggressive towards her the very day she returned from the Games“.
Another states: “I was shocked odious and denigrating remarks made by the president towards Rosa on her incompetence in supervising young people because of her visual handicap. That she couldn’t see 10 meters away, that her place was not here, that the club was ready to get rid of her services, even if it meant going to court.”
An exceptional journey
Rosa has to her credit 28 selections for the French team between 1985 and 2000. She has run numerous marathons and 10,000 meters. The adopted Audoise, who lives near Narbonne, participated in the Barcelona Olympic Games over 10,000 meters in 1992, being French champion in this distance, as well as a marathon in Helsinki in 1994.
