Antoine Griezmann, the first French fan on social networks

OLYMPIC GAMES – “MEDAL ALERT!” It has become the characteristic slogan of footballer Antoine Griezmann, who shares his passion for the Olympics on his social networks and expresses his joy at each medal won by a Frenchman. To the point of catching the eye of the French team, who would like to recruit him as a community manager.

It all started with the first medal won by Shirine Boukli in judo on Saturday, July 27. As if to mock the news sites or X accounts that relay the news, the 2018 world champion began his tweet with a “medal alert”, with a photo of the athlete and tagging the French team account.

In 2021 for the Tokyo Olympics, he had already undertaken to relay all the French medals. The overexcited Mâconnais shared all his emotions on what was still Twitter, with these now famous “medal alerts”exclamation points everywhere and tricolor flags in almost every one of his messages.

So here we go again three years later. After Shirine Boukli, he announced the silver won by Luka Mkheidze, still in judo, using the same pattern… while announcing his departure for the Stade de France where the rugby 7s final was being played on Saturday evening with Antoine Dupont. And when the Blues won gold, a new tweet.

Antoine Griezmann in all the events

This frenzy prompted the French Team’s X account to respond under one of its publications: “We’re recruiting for the end of the Games if you want.” He did not say whether he would submit his CV, but he resumed his routine for Sunday with the medals of Amandine Buchard, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, and Yannick Borel.

Antoine Griezmann is very responsive: he takes less than five minutes to post his message. And he is also very present on competition sites. After the Stade de France, he went to gymnastics, fencing and then swimming as evidenced by his stories posted on Instagram.

Léon Marchand’s victory in swimming particularly excited him, as you can see in the photo above, where he is seen in the stands above the Olympic swimming pool. “Lion you’re zinc!” »he commented after his “medal alert”. Enough to make Internet users happy during this fortnight.