France at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

France at the
2020 Summer Paralympics

Flag of France

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

Silver

Bronze

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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.

## Medalists

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Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table

Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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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

## Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Event  | Ranking round  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals

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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

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Men's track
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Semi-final  | Final

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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

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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

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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

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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

## Badminton

[edit]

Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Group stage  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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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

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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

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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)  |

## Boccia

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Main article: Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Event  | Preliminaries  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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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

## Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

### Road

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Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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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  |

### Track

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Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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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

## Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

## Football 5-a-side

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Main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2020 Summer 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)

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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

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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

Source: TOCOG

29 August 2021

9:00

Japan | 4–0|  France

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* Kuroda 4', 9'
* Kawamura 19', 27' (pen.)

| Report |

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo

Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

* * *

30 August 2021

9:00

China | 1–0|  France

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Zhu Ruiming 37' | Report |

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo

Referee: Stuart Winton (Great Britain)

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31 August 2021

11:30

France | 0–4|  Brazil

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* Mendes 16', 26' (pen.)
* Soares 35', 39'

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo

Referee: Attila Balint (Hungary)

Seventh place match

2 September 2021

9:00

France | 2–3|  Thailand

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Youme 29', 31' | Report |

* Buadee 9'
* Kupan 17', 27'

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo

Referee: Attila Balint (Hungary)

## Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Event  | Preliminary  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Repechage
round 1  | Repechage
round 2  | Final / BM

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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  |

## Paracanoeing

[edit]

Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage  | Final

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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  |

## Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

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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

## Shooting

[edit]

Main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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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 |  |  |  |

## Swimming

[edit]

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

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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

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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

## Table tennis

[edit]

Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

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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

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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 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## Taekwondo

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Main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

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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

## Wheelchair rugby

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Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

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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

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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

Source: Tokyo2020
(H) Hosts

25 August 2021

20:00

Japan | 53-51|  France

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26 August 2021

12:45

Australia | 50–48|  France

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Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo

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27 August 2021

12:45

France | 52-50|  Denmark

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Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo

Fifth place Match

28 August 2021

20:00

France | 49–57|  Canada

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Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo

## Wheelchair tennis

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Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

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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 | —  |  |  |  |  |  |

## See also

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* France at the Paralympics
* France at the 2020 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "Official Selections at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games (in French)". France Paralympique. 19 October 2020.
2. ^ "Football 5-a-side – Team France". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
3. ^ "Three new selections for Tokyo (in French)". France Paralympique. 8 June 2021.
4. ^ "2019 World Rowing Championships". www.worldrowing.com. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
5. ^ "Tokyo 2021 - Paralympic selection (in French)". Federation Francaise de Tir. 27 July 2021.
6. ^ "Medallists by Event" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 September 2019.
7. ^ "World Championships Slot Allocation Method" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 14 October 2019.
8. ^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.

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National Paralympic Committees at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan

Africa|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Congo
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Egypt
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Americas|

* Argentina
* Aruba
* Barbados
* Bermuda
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Puerto Rico
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela
* Virgin Islands

Asia|

* Afghanistan
* Bahrain
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* China
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
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* Laos
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* Maldives
* Mongolia
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* Pakistan
* Palestine
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* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Chinese Taipei
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

Europe|

* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands
* Finland
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* Germany
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* Iceland
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* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine

Oceania|

* Australia
* Fiji
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea

Other|

* Refugee Paralympic Team
* RPC athletes

Withdrawn|

* Myanmar
* Turkmenistan
* East Timor
* Brunei
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Macau
* Suriname
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Liechtenstein
* San Marino
* Andorra
* Kiribati
* North Korea
* Samoa
* Tonga
* Vanuatu

Suspended|

* Comoros
* Djibouti
* Seychelles
* Sudan

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