And now he is setting his sights on winning again in the French capital - at the 2024 Olympic Games.

"It was really good because it was in Paris and my family and team were there to support me," he told World Taekwondo in the aftermath of an eye-catching victory that came just three days before his 20th birthday in September 2022. "So I'm very happy.

"I was expecting a gold medal because when I go into a competition, I always want the gold medal. I felt good coming into the competition, tried my best and won gold."

His route to the final was filled with world-class opponents including South Korea's Olympic bronze medallist Jang Jun, Spain's former European champion Adrián Vicente Yunta and 20-year-old Olympic silver medallist Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi of Tunisia.

It was clear from the roar of the French supporters and chants of "Let's go Cyrian" during his fights that he was competing in front of a home crowd and his local taekwondo club.

But there was good reason for the confidence given that, earlier in the year, Ravet had retained his European under-58 kilograms title in Manchester against a field that featured Yunta and Italy's Olympic champion Vito Dell'Aquila.

His semi-final display against Yunta had the crowd at the Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan in an uproar as he battled back from 9-2 down.

"Yeah, the first round was really hard for me," he said. "But I tried something in the final few seconds [and I didn't want to eat my kick]. But I just wanted to make Adrián sweat for the second and the third round.

"But when I kicked I scored the point. So I was very happy and I tried my best to win the first round and the match.

"The crowd gave me so much energy it was really incredible. My taekwondo club is only 10 minutes from the venue by car so they all came to support me. 

"And I also celebrated with my family.”

Born and raised in Lyon, Cyrian's role model as a young taekwondo athlete was the South Korean legend Lee Dae-hoon, who won 11 Grand Prix golds and three World Championship titles.

Already he is looking ahead to the Olympics.

"Because this competition was in Paris I can feel how it will be in 2024," he said. "So I'm really happy to win gold here and I hope I will go to Paris where it will be the same objective."