After the 10 medals brought back by champions from Val-de-Marne during the Olympic Games this summer, the first Paralympic medal again goes to a sportswoman from the department, Marie Patouillet, para-cyclist from US Créteil. In total, 5 athletes from the department compete in the Paralympic Games sequence.
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Marie Patouillet, 33, licensed from US Créteil and trained by Grégory Baugé, has just won the small final of the individual pursuit in para-cycling on track in category C5 (C5 runners have a slight limitation in movement of one arm, are moderately restricted in one leg, or the total or partial absence of an arm, see classification.) She beat New Zealand’s Nicole Murray to win the bronze medal. This is the first medal of the Tokyo Paralympic Games!
Marie Patouillet was born with one leg significantly larger than the other, an ankle problem and two toes missing from one foot. At 25, she gave up running and chose cycling. It is at US Créteil that she will train seriously, in parallel with Insep and had already qualified as vice-world champion over 500 meters in February 2020.
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5 athletes from Val-de-Marne at the Tokyo Paralympic Games
The Tokyo Paralympic Games opened on Tuesday, August 24, and will end on September 5. In Val-de-Marne, 3 men and 2 women are on the ground. Besides Marie Patouillet, compete Antoine Jesel in para rowing, Nélia Barbosa in para canoe, Ahmed Tidiane Diakite and Yvan Wouandji Kepmegni in blind football.
8 medalists at the non-Paralympic Olympics
During the Olympic Games, 8 athletes from the department won medals. Reminder below:
– Clarisse Agbegnenou, in judo (RSCC Champigny): GOLD -63kg and GOLD by mixed team
– Amandine Buchard, in judo (RSCC Champigny): SILVER –52 kg and GOLD by mixed team
– Romain Cannone, in fencing (VGA St Maur): OR épée
– Axel Clerget, in judo (Sucy judo): GOLD by mixed team
– Luka Mkheidze, en judo (Sucy judo): BRONZE -60 kg
– Donavan Grondin, in cycling (Team cycling 94): BRONZE madison in duo
– Rayan Helal, in cycling (US Créteil): BRONZE team speed
– Sébastien Vigier, in cycling (US Créteil): BRONZE team speed
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