For an athlete, the Olympic Games are the most important event in his or her career. When these Olympic Games take place in the city where you live and train, and when you arrive as the reigning Olympic champion, all the sensations and emotions are amplified as if through an oversized magnifying glass. This is how Enzo Lefort, who after winning the team foil title at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and the two individual World titles of his career, reacts with great anticipation to the trembling requests of the French public. ‘To be honest, there's a lot of excitement around the Olympics, a lot of expectations from the media and partners. But above all, I have the feeling that the whole population is really excited. Some people recognise me. I don't know, on the street or in shops and so on. And they say to me: "Good luck for the Olympic Games". But it's mainly his personality off stage, usually with a camera in his hand or a microphone for the podcast, that makes him the perfect new star for More Than.

Despite his 32 years, Enzo Lefort is already a veteran of the Games. After London2012, Rio2016 and Tokyo2020, the Games in Paris will be his fourth: "At the beginning, in London, I was only 20 years old and I saw these Olympic Games through the eyes of a child. I mean, everything was fantastic. I looked wide-eyed at all the athletes I'd seen on TV and I don't think I focussed enough on the main goal. Then in Rio and Tokyo I was much more focussed. I wasn't as amazed as I was then, so I would say my concentration was greater." To summarise each of Lefort's Olympic experiences in one word: London was the discovery, Rio the improvement and Tokyo the crowning glory with the French national team winning the team title. And Paris will be characterised by sharing: "I will finally be able to perform in front of my family and the entire French population and all those who share the beauty of this sport with me."

And maybe analogue photography helped him with fencing too, although it was probably the other way around. "In fencing and photography you're looking for the right moment to attack or shoot, so I think fencing helped me become a good photographer. You have to be agile and have the ability to always adapt to your surroundings. In fencing it's your opponent, in photography it's your environment." He has an uncommonly French style, drawn to the simplicity of everyday life and beauty where you don't normally find it at first glance. "I don't know, it could be a rubbish bin on the street, things that aren't normally beautiful and instead become so through my lens and my eye."

So it's no coincidence that Louis Vuitton asked him to walk the catwalk at the launch of the autumn/winter 2024 collection - in one of the brand's biggest shows, directed by Pharrell Williams. "The connection with LV started when LVMH became one of the main sponsors of the Olympics and I had an interview with them. And they were interested in everything I do outside of fencing: my photography, my podcast and everything else. And when they asked me which house I wanted to be part of, I thought there was no question of being part of Louis Vuitton with Pharrell Williams as creative director." And although as an at"hlete he is used to walking an invisible tightrope, the fashion show was something completely new for Lefort. "It wasn't a straight line, it was like a labyrinth, we had to turn right, left and right. We had to learn the route beforehand, but it wasn't difficult. It was a bit stressful because there were a lot of important people there. But just before we went in, we were backstage and Pharrell was standing just to my left, we were looking at the TV screens to make sure everything was perfect. And he turned around. He saw me and said, "Let's go, let's go," and he pushed me in. It was like the captain's speech to his team-mates."

A sporting fragment in the most important French fashion show to show how these worlds can coexist and inspire each other. Enzo Lefort is also fascinated by such a complex and scenographic show that brings together feelings, emotions and colours from all over the world. "What I love about fashion is how Pharrell has managed to shape an idea into a really coherent collection, from the idea to the realisation, from the music to the casting of the show. Everything is really coherent. That really impressed me and that's how I try to work too."