Laure Manaudou gave herself up like never before in the documentary Laura! Laura! Laura!broadcast this Sunday January 19 on Canal+. The sportswoman returns to the publication of intimate photos of herself on the internet and evokes her greatest fear of her children.
This Sunday evening, Laure Manaudou revealed herself in a new documentary, Laura! Laura! Laura!broadcast on Canal+. At just 17 years old, the swimmer became Olympic champion at the Athens Olympic Games in the 400m. She then became a reference and a source of pride for France, coached by Philippe Lucas. She established her place as champion by winning first prizes in the world championships over 400m in 2005 and 2007 and over 200m in 2007. If the French admire her, she also attracts all the attention and the downside of notoriety is not easy to bear. Her love affairs are exposed and she is the victim of a revenge porn. A former boyfriend decided to post naked photos of her online. The nightmare then begins for the athlete, who receives numerous hate messages, at the beginning of the era of social networks. Today, she uses this period as a force for witnessing and prevention.
“It was difficult to raise my head”remembers Laure Manaudou
“It was very, very complicated to live with for yearsit followed me for more than 10 years, receiving photos with many very violent insults”confides Laure Manaudou on the RTL antenna, in Sunday Focus. “My only fear was that my parents, who already knew all that, but that my children also fall on it, so I took the lead“explains the former sportswoman, before adding: “I explained it to my daughter and now it helps me for prevention. But at that time, I was in competition with my big brother and it was complicated to raise my head and tell myself that I had to continue my life as if nothing had happened.”
How many children does Laure Manaudou have?
Laure Manaudou could receive more than 15,000 hateful messages on social networks and only time was able to calm the hatred of Internet users. “It was very complicated and Today, I have no problem talking about it. With everything that is happening with social networks, we have to use it and do prevention towards teenagers”assures Laure Manaudou. The sportswoman is the mother of a daughter, Manon, born from her love with swimming champion Frédérick Bousquet. A few years later, she gave birth to two boys, Lou and Sacha, from her love with Jérémy Frérot. The couple have since separated.
