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Jean-Baptiste Alaize: Overcoming traumas thanks to sport

by | Mar 15, 2022 | Youth empowerment | 0 comments

Jean-Baptiste Alaize, Champion for Peace, Olympian and four-time world champion in the under-23 long jump, was a victim of the Tutsi genocide in 1994. When he was only 3 years old, he witnessed the murder of his mother, seriously injured by machete blows and left for dead. He miraculously survived but had to have his tibia amputated. At the age of 7, he was adopted by Danièle and Robert Alaize and settled in a village in the Drôme region of France.

Communication and Press Manager at Peace and Sport, I have 5+ years of experience in political affairs, conflict prevention and resolution, and communication. A great part of my work has been conducted in the context of conflict and transition settings.