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Born | Decize, France | 16 June 1989|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Beaulon, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Quentin Aubague (born 16 June 1989) is a French Paralympic cyclist who competes in international road cycling competitions. He is a nine-time World champion. He has competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics and has reached fourth place in the road race at both Games. [1]
Aubague had a cerebral haemorrhage after he was born and had quadriplegia in all four limbs as a result, his parents were told that he will never walk. When he became a toddler, his parents encouraged him to use a tricycle and Aubague started to pedal without any help. He continued his love for cycling into his teens and he often travelled with his father on a tandem and he later ensued his passion into elite tricycle racing, Aubague began his sporting career at the 2009 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Bogogno, Italy and won his first ever medals, two golds in the road race and time trial T1. [2] [3]
Joël Jeannot is a male French Olympic wheelchair racer and handisport activist. From 2007 he started competing in handbikes, winning a lot of French championships as well as several world championships in para-cycling.
David Nicholas, is an Australian cyclist. He won silver and gold medals at the 2012 London Paralympics and a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
Stuart Tripp is an Australian cyclist. He won a silver medal in the Men's Road Time Trial H5 at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and competed at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
Aitor Oroza Flores is a Spanish Paralympic cyclist. He has represented Spain at the Paralympics in 2008 and 2012. His best result in the Paralympics was the seventh place, achieved in 2008. He has competed at several World Championships, winning three gold medals in the individual time trial and one more gold medal in the road race.
Alistair Donohoe is an Australian cyclist, who currently rides for Australian club team Blackburn CC. Following a right arm impairment in 2009, Donohoe became a multiple medallist at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships and UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships. He won two silver medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and a silver and bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. He has been selected for the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
Mauritius sent a delegation to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7–18 September 2016. This was the fifth time the country had taken part in a Paralympic Games after its debut at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. The Mauritian delegation to Rio de Janeiro consisted of two athletes: wheelchair racer Brandy Perrine and short-distance swimmer Scody Victor. The nation's best result was tenth overall by Perrine in the women's 100 metres T54 event as both competitors did not progress to the final in their respective competitions.
Stephen Stanley Bate is a New Zealand–British Paralympic cyclist who competes in tandem races as an athlete with a visual impairment. Since 2014, Bate has been piloted by Adam Duggleby. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, the pair won gold in the men's individual pursuit B and men's road time trial B, and bronze in the men's road race B.
Christian Gobe is a Paralympian from Cameroon who represented his country at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, finishing eighth in the Shot Put - F55 event.
France sent 15 athletes and two guides to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. They competed in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing and para-snowboarding. Marie Bochet carried the flag during the Opening Ceremony.
Lucas Mazur is a French para-badminton player who competes in international level events. He was the gold medalists in the men's singles SL4 at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics. He was three-time gold medalists in the World Championships winning the title in 2017, 2019, and 2022.
Laurent Thirionet is a retired French Paralympic cyclist who competed in international track cycling and road cycling elite events. He is a five-time World champion and a double Paralympic champion. Thirionet had his left leg amputated above the knee after being involved in a traffic accident in Dunkirk. He started cycling after his accident and won his first medals at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.
Alexandre Léauté is a French Paralympic cyclist.
Hans-Peter Durst is a German former para cyclist who won two gold medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, and a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. He won gold medals at the 2015, 2017 and 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships.
Romain Noble is a French wheelchair fencer who competes in international fencing competitions. He is a Paralympic champion, four-time World champion and three-time European champion.
Olivier Cugnon de Sévricourt is a French former Paralympic judoka who competed at international judo competitions. He competed at three Paralympic Games and won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, he is also a World silver medalist and a European silver medalist.
Élise Marc is a French Paralympic cyclist and paratriathlete. She is a two-time World and European champion in the paratriathlon and is a World silver medalist in road cycling. Marc lost her legs following an accident in 2004.
Katell Alençon is a French Paralympic cyclist who competes in road cycling at international cycling competitions. She is a World silver medalist and a double European champion, she has competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics. She rides for Cofidis and Handisport Brest.
Cécile Saboureau is a French paratriathlete. She is a two-time French champion and PTS2 European champion in 2023.
Elie de Carvalho is a French cyclist who competes in the B2 category.
Anaïs Vincent is a French Para-cyclist. She represented France at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.