Athlete and singer, Yannick Noah has achieved the feat of brilliantly distinguishing himself in two completely different careers. It is not for nothing that on eleven occasions, he has been elected favorite personality of the French in the TOP 50 Ifop/Journal du Dimanche. Now 61 years old, he returned for more than a year to live where he grew up, in Cameroon, in the village of Noah, of which he became the chief on the death of his father.
Guest of “7 to 8” Sunday May 8, Yannick Noah returned to this new life and also evoked some memorable memories of his incredible career. Among them, his victory at Roland Garros, on June 5, 1983, on the Philippe Chatrier court. The French tennis player then won the final against defending champion Mats Wilander. a performance all the more remarkable as it made him the first Frenchman, and the only one still to this day, to win the Parisian Grand Slam tournament.
For the TF1 magazine, the interpreter of “Saga Africa” confided in this intense moment which marked him forever. “That day, I achieved the goal of my life. I was playing in France, I was playing at home. But at that moment, Dad had this idea to put even more emotion by jumping on the ground. The day I’m going to die, we’re going to show this image. I wish everyone to have the chance to cry of joy in their father’s arms, one day. I really wish that. It’s all the stronger because I have the film. I have this movie of that moment that I will keep forever. That’s what’s in me. I cried for joy in my father’s arms”he narrated.