France at the 2024 Summer Paralympics explained

France is competing as the host nation of the 2024 Summer Paralympics in their capital Paris from 28 August to 8 September 2024. It will be the first time that France will be hosting the Summer Paralympics, they have hosted the Winter Paralympics in Albertville in 1992.^[1]

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	3	6
Athletics	8	3	11
Badminton	5	3	8
Blind football	9		9
Boccia	3	2	5
Goalball	6	6	12
Judo	8	8	16
Paracanoeing	2	2	4
Rowing	6	5	11
Shooting	2	1	3
Sitting volleyball	12	12	24
Swimming	7	7	14
Table tennis	13	6	19
Taekwondo	1	2	3
Wheelchair basketball	12	0	12
Wheelchair fencing	3	3	6
Wheelchair rugby	TBD	TBD	12
Total	99	63	162[2]

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. As the host nation, France entered six athletes.^[3]

Men

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
Damien Letulle	Individual W1
Maxime Guérin	align=left rowspan=2	Individual compound
Thierry Joussaume
Guillaume Toucoullet	align=left rowspan=2	Individual recurve

Women

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
Julie Rigault-Chupin	Individual compound
Aziza Benhami	Individual recurve

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Team compound
	Team recurve

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. As the host nation, track and field athletes from France achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Timothée Adolphe	100 m T11
align=left rowspan=2	400 m T11
Tresor Makunda
align=left rowspan=3	Renaud Clerc	200 m T37
400 m T37
1500 m T37
Pierre Fairbank	400 m T53
Dimitri Jozwicki	100 m T38
Charles-Antoine Kouakou	400 m T20
Antoine Praud	1500 m T46

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Delya Boulaghlem	100 m T11
200 m T11
align=left rowspan=2	Mandy François-Elie	100 m T37
200 m T37
Nantenin Keita	400 m T13
align=left rowspan=2	Angelina Lanza	100 m T47
200 m T47
Rosario Murcia	Marathon T12
align=left rowspan=2	Marie N'Goussou	100 m T47
200 m T47
Sofia Pace	400 m T38
align=left rowspan=2	Laure Ustaritz	200 m T37
400 m T37

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Arnaud Assoumani	Long jump T47
Valentin Bertrand	Long jump T37
Alexandre Dipoko-Ewane	High jump T47
align=left rowspan=2	Vitolio Kavakava	Javelin throw F57
Shot put F57
Soane Luka Meissonnier	Shot put F20
Dimitri Pavadé	Long jump T64
Félicien Siapo	Javelin throw F64
Badr Touzi	Shot put F63

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Gloria Agblemagnon	Shot put F20
Delya Boulaghlem	Long jump T11
Lola Desfeuillet	Long jump T38
Manon Genest	Long jump T37
Angelina Lanza	Long jump T47
Alexandra Nouchet	Long jump T63

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. As the host nation, France has qualified seven para badminton players for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
David Toupé	Singles WH1
Thomas Jakobs	Singles WH2
Lucas Mazur	Singles SL4
Meril Loquette	Singles SU5
Charles Noakes	Singles SH6
Thomas Jakobs David Toupé	Doubles WH1–2

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Faustine Noël	Singles SL4
Maud Lefort	Singles SU5

Mixed

Boccia

See main article: Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. As host nation, France directly qualifies three males, three females and one gender-free slots. Aurélie Aubert, Aurélien Fabre, Sonia Heckel, Fayçal Meguenni and Jules Menard have all qualified to compete.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Mathieu Bosredon, Anne-Sophie Centis, Elie De Carvalho, Dorian Foulon, Joseph Fritsch, Heïdi Gaugain, Florian Jouanny, Alexandre Léauté, Kévin Le Cunff, Gatien Le Rousseau, Alexandre Lloveras, Marie Patouillet, Loïc Vergnaud and Anaïs Vincent have all qualified to compete.

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. As host nation, France directly qualifies a team of four athletes.^[4]

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
Chiara Zenati	Swing Royal	Individual championship test grade III
		Individual freestyle test grade III
Vladimir Vinchon	Pegase Mayenne	Individual championship test grade IV
		Individual freestyle test grade IV
Alexia Pittier	Sultan 768	Individual championship test grade IV
		Individual freestyle test grade IV
Lisa Cez	Stallone de Hus	Individual championship test grade V
		Individual freestyle test grade V

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score	Total
				Score	Rank
Chiara Zenati	align=left rowspan=4	See above	align=left rowspan=4	Team
Vladimir Vinchon
Alexia Pittier
Lisa Cez

Football 5-a-side

See main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. French men's blind football team qualified for the games as host.^[5]

Summary

Team roster

• Men's team event – one team of 10 players

Group stage--------

Goalball

See main article: Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
France men's	Men's tournament
France women's	Women's tournament

Men's tournament

French men's team qualified for the games directly using their quota as host.^[6]

Team roster

• Men's team event – one team of 6 players

Women's tournament

French women's team qualified for the games directly using their quota as host.^[7]

Team roster

• Women's team event – one team of 6 players

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. As host nation, France directly qualifies eight male and eight female judoka.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1st round	Repechage Final	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Armindo Rodrigues	73kg J1
Cyril Jonard	90kg J1
Jason Grandry	+90kg J1
Anatole Rubin	60kg J2
Nathan Petit	73kg J2
Hélios Latchoumanaya	90kg J2
Nacer Zorgani	+90kg J2

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1st round	Repechage Final	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sandrine Martinet	48kg J2
Prescillia Lézé	+70kg J2

Paracanoeing

See main article: Paracanoeing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. France earned quota places for the following events through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany; and 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rémy Boullé	Men's KL1
Abel Aber
Eléa Charvet
Nélia Barbosa

Paratriathlon

See main article: Paratriathlon at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim	Trans 1	Bike	Trans 2	Run	Total time	Rank
Louis Noël	Men's PTWC
Jules Ribstein	align=left rowspan=2	Men's PTS2
Geoffrey Wersy
Cédric Denuzière	align=left rowspan=2	Men's PTS3
Michaël Herter
Pierre-Antoine Baele	align=left rowspan=3	Men's PTS4
Grégoire Berthon
Alexis Hanquinquant
Antoine Perel (guide: Yohan Le Berre)	align=left rowspan=2	Men's PTVI
Thibaut Rigaudeau (guide: Cyril Viennot)

Women

Athlete	Event	Swim	Trans 1	Bike	Trans 2	Run	Total time	Rank
Mona Francis	Women's PTWC
Cécile Saboureau	Women's PTS2
Élise Marc	align=left rowspan=2	Women's PTS4
Camille Seneclauze
Gwladys Lemoussu	Women's PTS5
Héloïse Courvoisier (guide: Anne Henriet)	align=left rowspan=2	Women's PTVI
Annouck Curzillat (guide: Julie Morano)

Powerlifting

See main article: Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Alex Adélaïde, Rafik Arabat, Axel Bourlon and Souhad Ghazouani have all qualified to compete.

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. French rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia; and 2024 Final Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alexis Sanchez	PR1 men's single sculls
Nathalie Benoit	PR1 women's single sculls
Perle Bouge Benjamin Daviet	PR2 mixed double sculls
Laurent Cadot Guylaine Marchand	PR3 mixed double sculls
Grégoire Bireau Margot Boulet Candyce Chafa Rémy Taranto Emilie Acquistapace (cox)	PR3 mixed coxed four

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

Shooting

See main article: article, Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. As host nation, France entered nine para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships, 2023 European Para Championships and 2024 European Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by July 15, 2024.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	align=left rowspan=2	R1 – 10 metre air rifle standing SH1

Women

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	P3 – 25 m pistol SH1
	align=left rowspan=2	R4 – 10 m air rifle standing SH2
	R5 – 10 m air rifle prone SH2
	R6 – 50 m rifle prone SH1
	R9 – 50 m rifle prone SH2

Sitting volleyball

See main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
France men's	Men's tournament
France women's	Women's tournament

Men's tournament

See main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament. France men's sitting volleyball team qualified for the games as host.^[9]

Team roster

• Men's team event – one team of 12 players

Women's tournament

See main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament. France women's sitting volleyball team qualified for the games as host.^[10]

Team roster

• Women's team event – one team of 12 players

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. As the host nation, France secured fourteen quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines and Paralympic qualification ranking.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Laurent Chardard	Men's 50 m butterfly S6
Hector Denayer
Ugo Didier	Men's 200 m individual medley SM9
Dimitri Granjux
Alex Portal	Men's 100 m butterfly S13
Kylian Portal
David Smetanine

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Élodie Lorandi
Assya Maurin-Espiau
Léane Morceau
Agathe Pauli
Emeline Pierre
Anaëlle Roulet
Solène Sache

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. As the host nation, France entered nineteen athletes for the Paralympic games. All of them qualified through the allocations of the final ITTF world ranking.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fabien Lamirault	align=left rowspan=2	Individual C2
Julien Michaud
Florian Merrien	align=left rowspan=2	Individual C3
Sylvain Noël
Maxime Thomas	align=left rowspan=2	Individual C4
Emeric Martin
Esteban Herrault	Individual C6
Stéphane Messi	align=left rowspan=2	Individual C7
Kevin Dourbecker
Thomas Bouvais	Individual C8
Lucas Didier	Individual C9
Matéo Bohéas	Individual C10
Lucas Créange	Individual C11

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Flora Vautier	Individual C4
Alexandra Saint-Pierre	Individual C5
Morgen Caillaud	Individual C6
Thu Kamkasomphou	align=left rowspan=2	Individual C8
Lucie Hautière
Léa Ferney	Individual C11

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. As the host nation, France entered three athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. All of them qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in their respective class.

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bopha Kong	Men's –58 kg
Sophie Caverzan	Women's –57 kg
Djélika Diallo	Women's –65 kg

Wheelchair basketball

See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Summary

Men's tournament

See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament. France men's has qualified to compete by virtue of their top four results at the 2024 IWBF Men's Repechage in Antibes, France.

Team roster

• Men's team event – one team of 12 players

Wheelchair fencing

See main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Clémence Delavoipiere, Cécile Demaude, Ludovic Lemoine, Yohan Peter, Damien Tokatlian, Maxime Valet and Brianna Vide had all qualified to compete.

Wheelchair rugby

See main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. French wheelchair rugby team qualified as host.^[11]

Summary

Team roster

• Team event – one team of 12 players

Wheelchair tennis

See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Frédéric Cattanéo, Ksénia Chasteau, Pauline Déroulède, Stéphane Houdet, Guilhem Laget, Gaëtan Menguy and Emmanuelle Mörch have all qualified to compete.

See also

• France at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• France at the Paralympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mainguy . Marie . 2021-06-02 . The Paralympic Games of Paris 2024 . 2023-04-25 . Paris 2024 . en.
2. Web site: 14 June 2024. Official Selections for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (in French). France Paralympic Committee.
3. Web site: 28 March 2024. Six archers selected for Paris 2024 (in French). France Paralympic Committee.
4. Web site: 20 January 2023. Para Equestrian - Paris 2024. Paris 2024.
5. Web site: 2022-06-15 . France and Turkey reach Blind Football European Championship final on penalties . 2023-04-25 . www.insidethegames.biz.
6. Web site: Figueiredo . Pedro . 2022-12-15 . Goalball: Four tickets granted to Paris 2024 . 2023-04-25 . IBSA International Blind Sports Federation . en-US.
7. Web site: Figueiredo . Pedro . 2022-12-15 . Goalball: Four tickets granted to Paris 2024 . 2023-04-25 . IBSA International Blind Sports Federation . en-US.
8. Web site: Lima 2023 Quota Allocation to Paris 2024 Day 7 28.09.2023. 29 September 2023. Paralympics. 13 October 2023.
9. Web site: France Sitting Volleyball team - Google Search . 2023-04-25 . www.google.com.
10. Web site: France Sitting Volleyball team - Google Search . 2023-04-25 . www.google.com.
11. Web site: French Wheelchair rugby team . 2023-04-25 . www.paralympic.org.