OMBISSA-DZANGUE Orlann

General
RETIREMENT AND RETURN
In late 2011 she decided to quit athletics, despite having a promising career that included being part of the French women's 4x100m relay team that won silver at the 2011 European U23 Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic. In 2013 she gave birth to her son, and decided to return to training in late 2016, before moving to Marseille to train under Franck Ne and making her competitive return in 2017. "When I stopped, it had nothing to do with my pregnancy. I was just young and I preferred to have fun. For five years, I didn't do any sport at all. My body no longer knew what it was. And then, following the performances of my ex-teammates, I said to myself that it was a shame to not have been able to achieve all that I could have. At first, I only trained once a day. My body had to get used to it again, as if I were a youngster and relearning everything. Despite everything, I managed to get out and have a good season. Frankly, I didn't expect it. And then a European 100m final [in 2018], nobody would have believed it." (athle.fr, 26 Sep 2018, lamarseillaise.fr, 03 Oct 2019)

OCCUPATION
In late 2020 she began working for France's national railway company, SNCF, as part of the company's group of elite athletes. She works at the Montparnasse station in Paris. (sncf.com, 03 Dec 2020)