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French youth windsurf champion Maxime Lhuillier chose to study a Bachelor in Management in Brest |
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Maxime Lhuillier is a windsurfer and a student on the Bachelor in Management course at ESC Bretagne Brest. He recently competed in the French Olympic Week in Hyères and hopes to qualify for the World Championship in Weymouth in early September. How does this 19-year-old sportsman coordinate his competitions and his studies? We decided to find out!
Why did you choose the Bachelor in Management at ESC Bretagne Brest?
I
chose to do a Bachelor in Management because after the subjects I
studied at secondary school, I wanted to continue to study business and
marketing. With other diplomas, I wouldn’t have had enough time to
practise top-level sport. A Bachelor degree gave me enough free time to
go to training and competitions. As I belong to the sailing base in
Brest and live in Brest, I naturally chose to take this course at ESC
Brest. I also knew some students who were already enrolled on a
Bachelor course. They encouraged me to join them.
How do you manage your time between your studies, training and competitions?
In
terms of training, the initial course timetable is fairly conducive to
extracurricular sporting activities as we have several afternoons free.
So I can train several times a week without missing any classes.
However the competitions and courses take place during class time. I
therefore have to arrange to catch up on the teaching missed as I go
along. At ESC, the staff are understanding and agree to me catching up
on homework and tutorials.
Is there any rivalry between the top sportsmen enrolled in the Bachelor course?
It’s
true that in Brest there are quite a few sportsmen enrolled in the
Bachelor course: we bump into each other during breaks. I find it very
valuable to be able to compare our practices and to see how others
manage their studies according to their sport (or vice versa). We go
through similar sorts of situations, so we exchange advice and help
each other out when need be.
Once you have won the Olympic
Games (which we all hope will be the case!) and many other
championships and the time comes for a career change, what path do you
hope to pursue?
When my sporting career comes to an end, I
want to go into business. I don’t know exactly what career I will
choose. What I appreciate is having tools at my disposal at ESC to
inform me of the different professional opportunities which may be open
to me when I retire from sport.
Check out Maxime Lhuillier’s blog: http://www.maximelhuillier.com/
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