 Marie-Line Pollet at the Slovenia Open 2009 | |
| Sport | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Belgium |
| Sport | Paralympic athletics Paralympic table tennis |
| Disability | Paraplegia |
| Event(s) | Pentathlon Javelin throw Shot put Discus throw 100 metres 200 metres Table tennis |
Medal record | |
Marie-Line Pollet is a Belgian former para-athlete, wheelchair racer and para table tennis player. She has had paraplegia since she contracted polio at 11 months old. A multiple-time Belgian, European, and world champion in parasports, she is also a multiple Paralympic medalist and former world record holder in several events. [1] [2]
She is Belgium's most successful athlete at the Summer Paralympics, having won nine medals between 1984 and 1996. [3] Pollet began her Paralympic career at the 1980 Summer Paralympics, where she did not win a medal. At the 1984 Summer Paralympics, she won gold medals in the shot put (category 2) and pentathlon (category 2), and a silver medal in the discus throw (category 2). At the 1988 Summer Paralympics, she earned five medals: gold in the pentathlon (category 4), silver in the 200 m wheelchair race (category 4) and discus throw (category 4), and bronze in the 100 m wheelchair race (category 4) and shot put (category 4).
Later in her career, Pollet transitioned to table tennis and won a bronze medal in the singles (category 3) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.
