The end of the year is approaching, so it is time to elect the champion and the Paralympic sports team of 2024. A year inevitably marked by the Paris Paralympic Games where French athletes shone with 75 medals collected including 19 Paralympic titles. Most of these champions are logically vying for a place for the title of champion of the year. It is now up to you, readers of Ouest-France, to elect your champions and Paralympic teams of the year 2024. Your votes!
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Vote for the Paralympic champion of the year!
Among the men, we find the crème de la crème of Paralympic sport with 12 gold medalists in Paris on the starting line. Some have accumulated Paralympic charms like Mathieu Bosredon (Cycling), Ugo Didier (swimming) and Lucas Mazur (badminton). Others have confirmed their status as big favorites like Alexis Hanquinquant (triathlon) and Alexandre Léauté (cycling). And then there are those who left their mark on their discipline like Charles Noakes (badminton) and Jules Ribstein (triathlon).
The list of champions:
– Mathieu Bosredon (Cycling): cParalympic champion time trial H3, road race H3, team relay H1-5
– Tanguy de La Forest (Shooting): Paralympic champion 10 m rifle mixed prone position SH2, Olympic vice-champion mixed standing air rifle SH2
– Ugo Didie – The Best Of Ugo Didier (Swimming): Paralympic champion 400 m freestyle S9, Olympic vice-champion 100 m backstroke S9, 200 m medley SM9, European champion S9 200 m medley, 400 m, 100 m backstroke
– Dorian Foulon (Cycling): Paralympic champion 4000 m individual pursuit C5 (track), bronze medal C5 time trial, world champion C5 pursuit, scratch, omnium (track)
– Alexis Hanquinquant (Triathlon): Paralympic, world and European champion PTS4
– Florian Jouanny (Cycling): Paralympic champion road race H1-2, team relay H1-5, bronze medal time trial H2, vice-world champion H2 road race, time trial, world champion relay H1-5
– Alexandre Léauté (Cycling): Paralympic champion individual pursuit 3000 m C2 (track), time trial C2, bronze medal time trial 1000 m C1-3 (track), road race, world champion C2 kilometer, pursuit , scratch, omnium (track), road race C2, vice-world champion time trial C2
– Kevin Le Cunff (Cycling): Paralympic time trial champion C4, Olympic vice-champion in road race C4-5, world champion C4 scratch (track), world vice-champion C4 pursuit, omnium (track)
– Lucas Mazur (Badminton): Paralympic champion SL4, bronze medal in mixed doubles SL3-SU5 (with Faustine Noël)
– Charles Noakes (Badminton): Paralympic SH6 champion
– Thomas Peyroton-Dartet (Cycling): Paralympic time trial champion C3, Olympic vice-champion road race C1-3
– Jules Ribstein (Triathlon) : cParalympic and European champion PTS2
Vote for the Paralympic champion of the year!
Like the men, the candidates for the title of Paralympic champion of the year all shone in Paris. The athletes adorned with gold will perhaps start as favorites like Aurélie Aubert (boccia), Marie Patouillet (cycling) and Emeline Pierre (swimming). We will still have to count on the other members of the French women’s delegation which will have brought back a total of 14 medals (3 gold, 8 silver and 3 bronze) thanks in particular to Heïdi Gaugain (cycling), Gloria Agblemagnon (athletics) or again Djelika Diallo (taekwondo).
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The list of champions:
-– Gloria Agblemagnon (Athletics): Paralympic vice-champion weight F20
– Aurélie Aubert (Boccia): Paralympic champion BC1
– Nelia Barbosa (Canoe-kayak): Paralympic vice-champion in kayak 200 m KL3, European vice-champion KL3
– Nathalie Benoit (Rowing): bronze medal at the Paralympic Games PR1 Skiff
– Djelika Diallo (Taekwondo): Paralympic vice-champion -65 kg T44, European vice-champion -65 kg K44
– Heidi Gaugain (Cycling): Paralympic vice-champion individual pursuit 3000 m C5 (track), time trial C5, road race C4-5, world champion pursuit C5 (track), vice-world champion time trial
– Manon Genest (Athletics): bronze medal at the Paralympic Games length T37
– Sandrine Martinet (Judo): Paralympic vice-champion -48 kg J2
– Marie Patouillet (Cycling): Paralympic champion individual pursuit 3000 m C5 (track), Olympic vice-champion time trial 500 m C4-5 (track), world champion C5 scratch, omnium (track), vice-world champion C5 500 m (track)
– Emeline Pierre (Swimming): Paralympic champion in the 100m freestyle S10, bronze medal in the 100m S10, European vice-champion 100m S10, mixed relay 4x100m
Vote for the Paralympic team of the year!
The battle will also be close for the honorary title of Paralympic team of the year. The big favorite will inevitably be the French blind football team led by Frédéric Villeroux after his coronation at the Paris Games. But many teams or pairs shone this summer, particularly in table tennis (Fabien Merrien and Flora Vautier; Fabien Lamirault and Julien Michaud; Clément Berthier and Esteban Herrault) but also in rowing, cycling, fencing and badminton.
The list of teams:
– Clément Berthier – Esteban Herrault (Table tennis): bronze medal at the Paralympic Games double H MD14
– Mathieu Bosredon – Florian Jouanny – Joseph Fritsch (Cycling): Paralympic relay champions H1-5
– Candyce Chafa – Rémy Taranto – Grégoire Bireau – Margot Boulet – Émilie Acquistapace (Rowing): bronze medal at the Paralympic Games in PR3 four with coxswain
– French team (Blind football): Paralympic champion
– Fabien Lamirault – Julien Michaud (Table tennis): bronze medal at the Paralympic Games double H MD4
– Lucas Mazur – Faustine Noël (Badminton): bronze medal at the Paralympic Games in mixed doubles SL3-SU5
– Fabien Merrien – Flora Vautier (Table tennis): bronze medal at the Paralympic Games mixed doubles XD7
– Damien Tokatlian – Ludovic Lemoine – Maxime Valet – Yohan Peter (Fencing): bronze medal at the Paralympic Games foil chair H
The Ouest-France editorial team will also elect its champion, its champion and its team of the year. The results will be announced at the end of December.
