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Yannick Noah was born in Sedan, Ardennes, a Cameroonian father, professional football player, and a French mother. Identified in Cameroon, where he has lived since the age of three years by the American tennis player Arthur Ashe, Yannick Noah returns to France following a workout in Nice , and won his first major junior tournament Wimbledon at the age of 17 years.
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