Basketball and Pharmacy: Noémie Costa's double challenge

In her third year of pharmacy studies at Montpellier while playing National 2 basketball at Mauguio, Noémie Costa, 24, demonstrates that with organization and passion, you can combine top-level sport with demanding studies.

Sport and study: meticulous organization

"I train almost every evening in Mauguio, leaving at 6:30pm and returning around 9:30-10pm," she explains. Her method? Maximize her days, rely on student support and work intensively in the available slots.

Although she admits that she doesn't have the time to attend all the classes, Noémie makes up for it by doing a lot of personal work, helping other students, and being very independent. Tutorials and practical work during the day are essential for her.

Although she benefits from accommodation as a top-level sportswoman, she has not yet had the opportunity to use it: "For the moment, I manage to do what everyone else does.

A remarkable sporting career

A basketball player for 18 years, she left home at the age of thirteen to join a training center, continuing at the CREPS in Montpellier before moving on to the professional world.

Now in National 2, "the highest level in Montpellier outside the pros", she has chosen a balance that makes her passion compatible with her pharmacy studies.

Her most memorable moment? "It was three years ago, when we were French champions. We were playing Bourges, we had -2 and I scored the three points to win. It was the craziest moment of my life. Everyone was screaming, jumping... It was incredible."

Sport, an asset for university success

This double life is a real advantage in her academic career: "Sport helps me with my studies. The fact that I've been competing every weekend since I was six means I can really manage my emotions. I don't get stressed out, whereas I see a lot of people who are stressed out even a month in advance."

This ability to cope with pressure provides an indispensable mental balance that she is keen to share: "Honestly, keep it up! Sport is really my escape. When I'm out on the pitch, I completely forget that I'm in pharma, that the next day there's a test. With the right organization, it can be done."

It was with this same determination that she chose her career path, inspired by the experience of a family member who was a dispensing pharmacist. "It's something I really enjoy. Being able to be in contact with patients, managing all aspects of drug treatment", she confides. Attracted by this human dimension, she naturally plans to enter the dispensary sector when she specializes next year.