France at the Paralympics
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IPC code | FRA |
NPC | French Paralympic and Sports Committee |
Website | www |
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Winter appearances | |
France participated in the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome, and has taken part in every edition of the Summer and Winter Paralympics since then. France was the host country of the 1992 Winter Paralympics.
French athletes have won a total of 1,148 medals at the Paralympic Games, of which 385 is gold, placing France fourth on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table.
Among its most successful competitors is swimmer Béatrice Hess, winner of 20 gold medals.
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Medal tallies[edit]
Summer Paralympics[edit]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Ranking |
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3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
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4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 |
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13 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 5 |
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10 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 7 |
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23 | 21 | 14 | 58 | 8 |
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28 | 26 | 31 | 85 | 8 |
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71 | 69 | 45 | 185 | 6 |
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47 | 44 | 49 | 140 | 5 |
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36 | 36 | 34 | 106 | 4 |
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35 | 29 | 31 | 95 | 6 |
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30 | 28 | 28 | 86 | 7 |
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18 | 26 | 30 | 74 | 9 |
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12 | 21 | 19 | 52 | 12 |
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8 | 19 | 18 | 45 | 16 |
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9 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 12 |
Winter Paralympics[edit]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Ranking |
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2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
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5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 7 |
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6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 6 |
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14 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 4 |
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5 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 10 |
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2 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 13 |
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7 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 4 |
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1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
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5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 5 |
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7 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 4 |
Multi-medalists[edit]
Summer Paralympics[edit]
Multiple medalists[edit]
This is a list of French athletes who have won at least three gold medals or five medals.
No. | Athlete | Sport | Years | Games | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Béatrice Hess | ![]() |
1984 - 2004 | 6 | F | 20 | 5 | 0 | 25 |
2 | Assia El Hannouni | ![]() |
2004 - 2012 | 3 | F | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
3 | Pascal Pinard | ![]() |
1992 - 2004 | 4 | M | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
4 | Claude Issorat | ![]() |
1992 - 2004 | 4 | M | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
5 | Mustapha Badid | ![]() |
1984 - 1996 | 4 | M | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
6 | Robert Citerne | ![]() |
1988 - 2004 | 7 | M | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
Multi medals in a single Games[edit]
This is a list of French athletes who have won at least two gold medals in a single Games. Ordered categorically by gold medals earned, sports then year.
No. | Athlete | Sport | Year | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Pascal Pinard | ![]() |
1992 | M | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
2 | Assia El Hannouni | ![]() |
2004 | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
3 | Mustapha Badid | ![]() |
1988 | M | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
4 | Claude Issorat | ![]() |
1996 | M | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Multi medals in a single event[edit]
This is a list of French athletes who have won at least two gold medals in a single event at the Summer Paralympics. Ordered categorically by medals earned, sports then gold medals earned.
No. | Athlete | Sport | Event | Years | Games | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Robert Citerne | ![]() |
Team épée | 1988-2004 | 7 | M | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
2 | Charles Tolle | ![]() |
4x400m relay | 1996-2000 | 2 | M | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Most appearances[edit]
This is a list of French athletes who have competed in four or more Summer Paralympic Games. Active athletes are in bold. Athletes who were under 15 years of age or over 40 years of age are in bold.
No. | Athlete | Sport | Birth Year | Games Years | First/Last Age | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Robert Citerne | ![]() |
1961 | 1988 - 2004 (7) | 27 - 43 | M | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
2 | Béatrice Hess | ![]() |
1961 | 1984 - 2004 (6) | 22 - 42 | F | 20 | 5 | 0 | 25 |
3 | Vincent Boury | ![]() |
1969 | 1996 - 2012 (5) | 30 - 43 | M | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Pierre Fairbank | ![]() |
1971 | 2000 - 2016 (5) | 29 - 45 | M | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
Thu Kamkasomphou | ![]() |
1967 | 2000 - 2016 (5) | 33 - 49 | F | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |