Kaylia Nemour talks about her new life after the gymnastics gold medal won last August at the Paris 2024 Olympics. In a meeting with the daily Ouest-France, the Algerian champion talks about a more eventful daily life in which she says she enjoys. She also talks about her great popularity in Algeria where everyone considers her an icon.
At only 17 and a half years old, Kaylia Nemour is aiming for a second Olympic title by now starting preparations for the Los Angeles 2028 games, while savoring the medal won in Paris under the colors of Algeria. “II don’t realize it yet today, we may have to wait a few more years for that”she said of her feat.
The first thing she did was put “ the real gold medal » as wallpaper on his iPhone, after having put a “ fake medal ». But she ended up returning to a “ white screen » to, she says, get away from the gym a little.
Her life obviously changed after the Paris 2024 Olympics and the young champion is not complaining. “ I go on photo shoots, I go on TV, I’m invited to events… I’ve always dreamed of being around this world, that is to say the world of fashion, beauty, lifestyle, I love it “, she admits.
Kaylia Nemour’s links with Algeria «are getting stronger day by day”
Kaylia was invited to Lacoste Fashion Week, to a Paris Saint-Germain match and received the award for best Arab athlete of the year in the Emirates.
She now shares everything on social networks where she has become very active. His Instagram account went from 80,000 to 350,000 followers overnight. “ It’s huge, she said. I receive a lot of messages from the Algerian people. I try to pay more attention to my communication now, with more professional and cleaner content. I would like to develop this influence side”reveals the gymnast.
In her town of Beaumont-en-Véron (Indre-et-Loire), she continues to train as normally as possible. She also began training in pastry making.
People obviously accost her in the street, but that has nothing to do with what she experiences when she goes to Algiers, where she now has a pied-à-terre offered by the President of the Republic. after his Olympic coronation. In Algeria, “ I really feel like I’m someone. I can’t go out there too much. Everywhere I go, people recognize me”she says.
Popular enthusiasm in Algeria does not spare Kaylia’s trainer, Marc Chirilcenco. “ It’s impressive to be stopped in the street every meter, including as a coach”entrusts the technician to the same media.
Kaylia Nemour reveals that she now plans to take the time to visit Algeria more, starting next summer, admitting that her ties with the good country are “ getting stronger day by day ».
