What made the difference, according to her, was her game: “I have a way of playing like in bars. The other players are still thinking, playing in a very codified way. Me, when I have the ball, I shoot. That’s what makes me a bit strong, because you don’t expect it at all. »
Qualified for World Cup 2024
No question that this title will change the way you approach table football. “I see it as a hobby rather than a competition”supports the 55-year-old player, who holds the works council of Schneider Electric.
Each week, she spends around four hours playing at her club in Angoulême. And every day, she also practices with her companion, Dominique Martin, a native of Soyaux and treasurer of the local club. It is with him that she began. “I am from the Paris regionshe explains. We met in Saint-Denis-d’Oléron around a baby. I was 15 and he was 19. I played a lot for five years, then I stopped for almost 30 years. They met four years ago and Héléna Briottet got back to handling table football handles.
Thanks to this title, she won her ticket for the 2024 World Cup. For the moment, the place has not been communicated. The competition might take place in France, Germany or the United States. Those are “leading nations” table football, according to Dominique Martin.
Before that, Héléna will participate in the 2022 world championships, in women’s doubles, in Nantes. One of the French players having withdrawn, she agreed to take her place.
