France at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

France at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
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IPC code	FRA
NPC	French Paralympic and Sports Committee
in Tokyo, Japan August 24, 2021 (2021-08-24) – September 5, 2021 (2021-09-05)
Competitors	61 in 13 sports
Flag bearers	Sandrine Martinet Stéphane Houdet
Medals	Gold 11 Silver 15 Bronze 29 Total 55
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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France competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.^[1]

Paris will host the 2024 Summer Paralympics, and due to that a French segment featured in the closing ceremony.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Alexandre Léauté	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit C2	26 August
Gold	Dorian Foulon	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit C5	27 August
Gold	Alexis Hanquinquant	Paratriathlon	Men's PTS4	28 August
Gold	Fabien Lamirault	Table tennis	Men's individual – Class 2	30 August
Gold	Alexandre Lloveras Guide: Corentin Ermenault	Cycling	Men's time trial B	31 August
Gold	Charles-Antoine Kouakou	Athletics	Men's 400 metres T20	31 August
Gold	Florian Jouanny	Cycling	Men's road race H1–2	1 September
Gold	Kévin Le Cunff	Cycling	Men's road race C4–5	3 September
Gold	Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer	Wheelchair tennis	Men's doubles	3 September
Gold	Fabien Lamirault Stéphane Molliens	Table tennis	Men's team class 1–2	3 September
Gold	Lucas Mazur	Badminton	Men's singles SL4	5 September
Silver	Ugo Didier	Swimming	Men's 400 metre freestyle S9	25 August
Silver	Axel Bourlon	Powerlifting	Men's 54 kg	26 August
Silver	Alexandre Léauté	Cycling	Men's time trial C1–3	27 August
Silver	Sandrine Martinet	Judo	Women's 48 kg	27 August
Silver	Marie-Amélie Le Fur	Athletics	Women's long jump T64	28 August
Silver	Léa Ferney	Table tennis	Men's individual class 11	28 August
Silver	Matéo Bohéas	Table tennis	Men's individual class 10	29 August
Silver	Loïc Vergnaud	Cycling	Men's road race H5	1 September
Silver	Alex Portal	Swimming	Men's 200 metre individual medley SM13	30 August
Silver	Loic Vergnaud	Cycling	Men's road time trial H5	31 August
Silver	Dimitri Pavade	Athletics	Men's long jump T64	1 September
Silver	Riadh Tarsim Florian Jouanny Loïc Vergnaud	Cycling	Mixed team relay H1–5	2 September
Silver	Timothée Adolphe	Athletics	Men's 100 metres T11	2 September
Silver	Nélia Barbosa	Paracanoeing	Women's KL3	4 September
Silver	Lucas Mazur Faustine Noël	Badminton	Mixed doubles SL3–SU5	5 September
Bronze	Alexandre Lloveras Guide: Corentin Ermenault	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit B	25 August
Bronze	Marie Patouillet	Cycling	Women's individual pursuit C5	25 August
Bronze	Mandy François-Elie	Athletics	Women's 200 metres T37	27 August
Bronze	Alex Portal	Swimming	Men's 400 metre freestyle S13	27 August
Bronze	Ronan Pallier	Athletics	Men's long jump T11	27 August
Bronze	Annouck Curzillat Guide: Céline Bousrez	Paratriathlon	Women's PTVI	28 August
Bronze	Maxime Thomas	Table tennis	Men's individual class 4	28 August
Bronze	Raphaël Beaugillet Pilot: François Pervis	Cycling	Men's time trial B	28 August
Bronze	Thu Kamkasomphou	Table tennis	Women's individual class 8	28 August
Bronze	Lucas Créange	Table tennis	Men's individual class 11	28 August
Bronze	Anne Barneoud	Table tennis	Women's individual class 7	28 August
Bronze	Nathalie Benoit	Rowing	Women's single sculls	29 August
Bronze	Erika Sauzeau Antoine Jesel Rémy Taranto Margot Boulet Robin le Barreau	Rowing	Mixed coxed four	29 August
Bronze	Souhad Ghazouani	Powerlifting	Women's 73 kg	29 August
Bronze	Helios Latchoumanaya	Judo	Men's 90 kg	29 August
Bronze	Romain Noble Maxime Valet Damien Tokatlian Yohan Peter	Wheelchair fencing	Men's foil team	29 August
Bronze	Gauthier Makunda	Athletics	Men's 400 metres T35	29 August
Bronze	Alexandre Leaute	Cycling	Men's road time trial C2	31 August
Bronze	Florian Jouanny	Cycling	Men's road time trial H2	31 August
Bronze	Florian Merrien Nicolas Savant-Aira	Table Tennis	Men's team – Class 4–5	1 September
Bronze	Thomas Bouvais Clément Berthier	Table Tennis	Men's team – Class 8	1 September
Bronze	Anne Barneoud Thu Kamkasomphou	Table tennis	Women's team – Class 6–8	1 September
Bronze	Ugo Didier	Swimming	Men's 200 metre individual SM9	1 September
Bronze	Marie Patouillet	Cycling	Women's road race C4–5	2 September
Bronze	Alexandre Leaute	Cycling	Men's road race C1–3	2 September
Bronze	Florent Marais	Swimming	Men's 100 metre backstroke S10	2 September
Bronze	Pierre Fairbank	Athletics	Men's 800 metres T53	2 September
Bronze	Rémy Boullé	Paracanoeing	Men's KL1	3 September
Bronze	Alexandre Lloveras Guide: Corentin Ermenault	Cycling	Men's road race B	3 September

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Daniel Lelou	Men's individual compound	680	23	Korkmaz (TUR) L 137-141	Did not advance
Éric Pereira		655	34	Marchant (AUS) L 136-138	Did not advance
Guillaume Toucoullet	Men's individual recurve	620	7	Phillips (GBR) L 1-4	Did not advance
Julie Chupin	Women's individual compound	682	8	Bye	Li X (CHN) W 145-138	Paterson Pine (GBR) L 139-141	Did not advance

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semi-final		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Timothée Adolphe	100m T11	11.12	1 Q	11.06	1 Q	10.90
	400m T11	DQ		—		did not advance
Nicolas Brignone	100m T53	15.81	6			did not advance
Julien Casoli	400m T54	47.99	3			did not advance
	800m T54	1:35.38	4 q			1:39.62	8
	1500m T54	3:03.48	3 Q			2:51.69	7
Pierre Fairbank	100m T53	15.09	3 Q			15.41	5
Rédouane Hennouni-Bouzidi	1500m T38	—				4:05.95	4
Dimitri Jozwicki	100m T38	11.30	2 Q	—		11.52	4
Charles-Antoine Kouakou	400m T20	48.85	2 Q			47.63
Louis Radius	1500m T38	—				4:17.19	7
Trésor Makunda	400m T11	51.99	2 Q	—		51.74

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Arnaud Assoumani	Long jump T47	6.89	8
Valentin Bertrand	Long jump T37	5.80	8
Thierry Cibone	Javelin throw F34	25.69	9
	Shot put F34	10.34	8
Ronan Pallier	Long jump T11	6.15
Dimitri Pavadé	Long jump T64	7.39

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mandy François-Elie	100m T37	13.48	2 Q	13.51	4
	200m T37	27.43	1 Q	27.34
Angelina Lanza	200m T47	DNS		Did not advance
Nantenin Keita	400m T13	57.40	1 Q	57.17	4

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Gloria Agblemagnon	Shot put F20	12.62	8
Manon Genest	Long jump T37	4.40	4
Angelina Lanza	Long jump T47	5.17	8
Marie-Amélie Le Fur	Long jump T64	6.11
Typhaine Soldé		4.60	9

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
David Toupé	Singles WH1	Nagashima (JPN) L (6–21, 12–21)	Qu (CHN) L (11–21, 13–21)	—	3	did not advance
Thomas Jakobs	Singles WH2	Chan (HKG) L (10–21, 8–21)	Kajiwara (JPN) L (9–21, 5–21)	—	3	did not advance
Lucas Mazur	Singles SL4	Susanto (INA) W (21–3, 21–7)	Pott (GER) W (21–3, 21–7)	Lalinakere Yathiraj (IND) W (21–15, 21–17)	1 Q	—	Dhillon (IND) W (21–16, 16–21, 21–18)	Lalinakere Yathiraj (IND) W (15–21, 21–17, 21–15)
Méril Loquette	Singles SU5	Mróz (POL) W (21–16, 21–17)	Anrimusthi (INA) L (10–21, 10–21)	Nugroho (INA) L (14–21, 8–21)	3	did not advance
Thomas Jakobs David Toupé	Doubles WH1–WH2	Homhual / Junthong (THA) L (11–21, 19–21)	Lee / Kim (KOR) L (11–21, 13–21)	—	3	—	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Faustine Noël	Singles SL4	Sadiyah (INA) L (18–21, 13–21)	Oktila (INA) L (12–21, 6–21)	—	3	did not advance
Lénaïg Morin Faustine Noël	Doubles SL3–SU5	Parmar / Kohli (IND) W (21–12, 22–20)	Cheng / Ma (CHN) L (9–21, 10–21)	—	2 Q	Oktila / Sadiyah (INA) L (9–21, 15–21)	Ito / Suzuki (JPN) L (16–21, 18–21)	4

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lucas Mazur Faustine Noël	Doubles SL3–SU5	Bhagat / Kohli (IND) W (21–9, 15–21, 21–19)	Teamarrom / Saensupa (THA) W (21–18, 21–18)	1 Q	Fujihara / Sugino (JPN) W (21–10, 21–11)	Susanto / Oktila (INA) L (21–23, 17–21)

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opponent	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Samir van der Beken	Individual BC3	Peška (CZE) L 0-5	3	Did not advance
		Legostaev (RPC) L 3-4
		Ntenta (GRE) W 4-2
Rodrigue Brenek Sonia Heckel Samir van der Beken	Pairs BC3	Thailand (THA) W 4-2	5	Did not advance
		Greece (GRE) W 4-3
		South Korea (KOR) L 1-7
		Great Britain (GBR) W 7-0

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Raphael Beaugillet	Men's road time trial B	1:01:23.32	9
Dorian Foulon	Men's road race C4-5	DNF
Florian Jouanny	Men's road race H1-2	1:49:36
	Men's road time trial H2	32:41.62
Alexandre Léauté	Men's road race C1-3	2:11:06
	Men's road time trial C2	37:07.16
Kévin Le Cunff	Men's road race C4-5	2:14:49
	Men's road time trial C5	43:51.87	5
Alexandre Lloveras	Men's road race B	3:06:14
	Men's road time trial B	41:54.02
Riadh Tarsim	Men's road race H3	2:48:04	7
	Men's road time trial H3	45:26.77	10
Loïc Vergnaud	Men's road race H5	2:24:30
	Men's road time trial H5	39:15.16
Katell Alençon	Women's road race C4-5	DNF
	Women's road time trial C4	44:18.59	5
Elise Marc	Women's road race C1-3	1:17:42	10
	Women's road time trial C1-3	29:18.31	12
Marie Patouillet	Women's road race C4-5	2:23:49
	Women's road time trial C5	41:09.24	4
Florian Jouanny Riadh Tarsim Loïc Vergnaud	Mixed relay H1-5	53:03

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Raphael Beaugillet	Men's time trial B	—		1:00.472
Dorian Foulon	Men's individual pursuit C5	4:18.274 WR	1 Q	Donohoe (AUS) W 4:20.757
	Men's time trial C4-5	—		1:05.348	6
Alexandre Léauté	Men's individual pursuit C2	3:31.817 WR	1 Q	Hicks (AUS) W 3:31.478 WR
	Men's time trial C1-3	—		1:05.031
Kévin Le Cunff	Men's individual pursuit C5	4:22.257	4 q	Dementiev (UKR) L 4:27.997	4
	Men's time trial C4-5	—		1:06.357	8
Alexandre Lloveras	Men's individual pursuit B	4:05.263	4 q	Polak (POL) L 4:08.126	4
Marie Patouillet	Women's individual pursuit C5	3:38.088	3 q	Murray (NZL) W 3:39.233
	Women's time trial C4-5	—		36.683	4
Dorian Foulon Alexandre Léauté Kévin Le Cunff	Mixed team sprint C1-5	50.344	4 q	Spain (ESP) L 49.567	4

Céline Gerny, Anne-Frédérique Royon, Vladimir Vinchon and Chiara Zenati have all qualified to compete at the Paralympics.

Team roster

The following is the France squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	GK	Jérémy Sauffisseau	Sighted	(1985-09-10)10 September 1985 (aged 34)
3	MF	Mickaël Miguez	B1	(1994-01-12)12 January 1994 (aged 26)
4	FW	Gaël Rivière	B1	(1989-12-23)23 December 1989 (aged 30)
5	DF	Hakim Arezki	B1	(1983-03-20)20 March 1983 (aged 37)
7	MF	Babacar Niang	B1	(1991-11-16)16 November 1991 (aged 28)
8	DF	Yvan Wouandji	B1	(1993-04-28)28 April 1993 (aged 27)
9	FW	Tidiane Diakite	B1	(1982-12-31)31 December 1982 (aged 37)
10	MF	Frédéric Villeroux [fr]	B1	(1983-06-30)30 June 1983 (aged 37)
11		Khalifa Youme	B1	(1982-11-12)12 November 1982 (aged 37)
16	GK	Alessandro Bartolomucci	Sighted	(1997-08-04)4 August 1997 (aged 23)

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	9	Semi finals
2	China	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3	5th–6th place match
4	France	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0	7th–8th place match

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Seventh place match

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nathan Petit	Men's -81kg	Smagululy (KAZ) W 10-00	Lee (KOR) L 00-10	Did not advance	—	Powell (GBR) W 10-00	Ávila (MEX) L 00-11	=5
Helios Latchoumanaya	Men's -90kg	Bye	Hirose (JPN) W 10-00	Nouri (IRI) L 00-01	—	Bye	Amanzhol (KAZ) W 10-00
Sandrine Martinet	Women's -48kg	Bye	Li (CHN) W 10-00	Ivanytska (UKR) W 10-00	Bye		Hajiyeva (AZE) L 01-10

Nelia Barbosa, Rémy Boulle and Eddie Potdevin have qualified to compete at the Paralympics in the paracanoe.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rémy Boullé	Men's KL1	51.726	2	48.645	1	48.917
Eddie Potdevin	Men's VL3	53.216	1 FA	Bye		53.055	6
Nélia Barbosa	Women's KL3	52.234	1 FA	Bye		51.558

France qualified three boats for each of the rowing classes into the Paralympic regatta. All of them qualified after successfully entering the top seven for women's single sculls events and top eight for mixed events at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nathalie Benoit	Women's single sculls	11:41.75	2 R	10:56.23	1 FA	11:28.44
Perle Bouge Christophe Lavigne	Mixed double sculls	BUW	6 R	8:27.49	4 FB	9:10.85	9
Margot Boulet Antoine Jesel Erika Sauzeau Rémy Taranto Robin Le Barreau (cox)	Mixed coxed four	7:26.21	2 R	7:06.02 PB	1 FA	7:27.04

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

France entered eight shooters, all male, into the Paralympic competition.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
David Auclair	Mixed P3 – 25m pistol SH1
Christophe Tanche	Mixed R3 – 10 m air rifle prone SH1
Kevin Liot	Mixed R4 – 10m air rifle standing SH2
Alain Quittet	Mixed R5 – 10 m air rifle prone SH2
Tanguy de la Forest
Cédric Fèvre-Chevalier	Mixed R6 – 50 m rifle prone SH1
Didier Richard	Men's R7 – 50 m rifle three position
Vincent Fagnon	Mixed R9 – 50m rifle prone SH2

France have qualified three swimmers to compete in swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics via the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships slot allocation method & six swimmer via MQS.^[6][7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Laurent Chardard	100m freestyle S6	1:07.69	5 Q	1:07.60	7
	100m backstroke S6	1:20.58	7 Q	1:19.00	7
	50m butterfly S6	32.76	5 Q	32.29	4
Ugo Didier	400m freestyle S9	4:15.23	2 Q	4:11.33
	100m backstroke S9	1:03.32	4 Q	1:02.20	4
	200m individual medley SM9	2:20.86	3 Q
Nathan Maillet	200m freestyle S14	2:04.44	16	Did not advance
	100m backstroke S14	1:08.05	18	Did not advance
Florent Marais	400m freestyle S10	4:17.78	6 Q
	100m backstroke S10	1:01.92	5 Q	1:01.30
	100m butterfly S10	59.23	8 Q	57.86	4
	200m individual medley SM10	2:27.75	9	Did not advance
Alex Portal	50m freestyle S13	25.03	11	Did not advance
	400m freestyle S13	4:11.07	3 Q	4:06.09
	100m breaststroke SB13	1:12.14	9	Did not advance
	100m butterfly S13	57.60	4 Q	57.13	4
	200m individual medley SM13	2:12.05	3 Q	2:09.92
David Smetanine	50m freestyle S4	42.68	12	Did not advance
	100m freestyle S4	1:32.52	7 Q	1:29.47	6
	200m freestyle S4	3:14.09	8 Q	3:14.81	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Emeline Pierre	50m freestyle S10	29.11	11	Did not advance
	100m freestyle S10	1:04.39	10	Did not advance
	100m backstroke S10	—		1:13.52	8
Anaëlle Roulet	100m backstroke S10	—		1:10.83	5
Claire Supiot	100m freestyle S9	1:07.31	13	Did not advance
	400m freestyle S9	5:00.28	11	Did not advance
	100m butterfly S8	1:18.94	8 Q	1:16.67	8
	200m individual medley SM9	2:55.56	15	Did not advance

France entered eleven athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Fabien Lamirault & Thu Kamkasomphou qualified from the 2019 ITTF European Championships which was held in Helsingborg, Sweden and nine other athletes qualified via World Ranking allocation.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fabien Lamirault	Individual C2	Suchánek (CZE) W 3-1	Jakimczuk (POL) W 3-0	1 Q	Bye	Nazirov (RPC) W 3-0	Cha (KOR) W 3-1	Czuper (POL) W 3-2
Stéphane Molliens		Yezyk (UKR) W 3-2	Toledo Bachiller (ESP) W 3-0	1 Q	Ludrovský (SVK) L 1-3	Did not advance
Florian Merrien	Individual C3	Copola (ARG) W 3-2	Laowong (THA) W 3-0	1 Q	Andrade de Freitas (BRA) W 3-0	Zhai (CHN) L 2-3	Did not advance
Maxime Thomas	Individual C4
Nicolas Savant-Aira	Individual C5
Thomas Bouvais	Individual C8
Clement Berthier
Matéo Bohéas	Individual C10
Lucas Edouard Creange	Individual C11

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Isabelle Lafaye	Individual C1-2
Anne Barnéoud	Individual C7
Thu Kamkasomphou	Individual C8
Léa Ferney	Individual C11

France qualified two athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. All of them are confirmed to compete after entered top six in world ranking.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bopha Kong	Men's –61 kg	Bye	Zayat (EGY) L 10-20	Did not advance	Tokhirov (UZB) W 37-24	Khalilov (AZE) W 29-26	Sidorov (RPC) L 23-33	=5
Laura Schiel	Women's +58 kg	Martínez (MEX) L RSC	Did not advance		Ota (JPN) L WD	Did not advance

France national wheelchair rugby team qualified for the Games for the games by finishing top two at the 2020 Qualification Tournament in Richmond, Canada.

Team roster

• Team event – 1 team of 12 players

Squad	Group stage				Semifinal	Final	Rank
	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
France national team	Japan W 53-51	Australia L 48-50	Denmark W 52-50	3 Q	Did not advance	Fifth place match:  Canada L 49-57	6

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	3	3	0	0	170	155	+15	6	Semi-finals
2	Australia	3	1	0	2	156	159	−3	2
3	France	3	1	0	2	151	153	−2	2	Fifth place Match
4	Denmark	3	1	0	2	155	165	−10	2	Seventh place Match

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Fifth place Match

France qualified seven players entries for wheelchair tennis. Six of them qualified by the world rankings, while one of them qualified by received the bipartite commission invitation allocation quotas.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Frédéric Cattaneo	Men's singles
Stephane Houdet
Gaetan Menguy
Nicolas Peifer
Charlotte Fairbank	Women's singles	—
Emmanuelle Mörch		—

• France at the Paralympics
• France at the 2020 Summer Olympics