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From Léa Sprunger to John Gobbi, athletes explain how they negotiate a new professional life
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From Léa Sprunger to John Gobbi, athletes explain how they negotiate a new professional life

From Le Temps · () French

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  • Former European athletics champion Léa Sprunger, ex-FC Sion footballer Johann Lonfat and former hockey player John Gobbi shared experiences of life after elite sport.
  • The discussion focused on rebuilding identity, using skills gained through sport and preparing financially for retirement.
  • The three athletes spoke at the pension forum organized by Le Temps.

Elite athletes face a peculiar retirement problem: they often need to keep working after leaving sport in order to prepare financially for retirement.

That transition was the subject of a discussion at the Pension Forum organized Tuesday by Le Temps. Three former athletes with different careers described the move from high-level competition into professional life.

Léa Sprunger, a former European athletics champion and co-founder of Smove, joined Johann Lonfat, a former professional footballer with FC Sion who now works as a wealth-management adviser. John Gobbi, a former hockey player, also took part. He is now general manager of HC Fribourg-Gottéron.

Their discussion addressed the moment of turning the page, the reconstruction of personal identity after sport, the value of skills developed during an athletic career and the gaps that can affect athletes’ financial planning.

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Originally published by Le Temps in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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