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"Semi-Disabled", Yannick Noah Confides in His Wounds and His New Role in the Para-Tennis

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At the age of 66, Yannick Noah revealed that he had to live with important physical sequelae after a serious injury. The former winner of Roland-Garros now says that he is semi-disabled, while investing fully in the para-tennis.

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At the age of 66, Yannick Noah revealed that he had to live with important physical sequelae after a serious injury. The former winner of Roland-Garros now says that he is semi-disabled, while investing fully in the para-tennis.

Yannick Noah has always had this good way of crossing the eras. More than forty years after his mythical crown at Roland-Garros in 1983 against Mats Wilander, the old world number 3 remains a figure apart in the French sport. The last French winner of the Parisian tournament in simple gentlemen, just that! But behind the image of the solar champion, always ready to move, pedal, play golf or tap in a ball, the body ended up demanding his due. In …

At the age of 66, Yannick Noah still keeps this energy that has marked his entire career. Even far from the professional circuit for several decades, the former champion continues to multiply sports activities. Bike, golf, tennis... the singer refuses to remain still. But behind this dynamic image, the father of the family is now going through a more physically complicated period. In an interview given to the Figaro, Yannick Noah has indeed retu…

Yannick Noah continues to maintain a strong link with the sport. Between cycling, golf and involvement in the para-tennis, Roland-Garros's ex-winner now adapts his daily life to a new rhythm, without ever getting away from the courts.

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Purepeople.com broke the news on Saturday, May 23, 2026.
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