France at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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France at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Flag of France
IPC codeFRA
NPCFrench Paralympic and Sports Committee
in Tokyo, Japan
August 24, 2021 (2021-08-24) – September 5, 2021 (2021-09-05)
Competitors61 in 13 sports
Flag bearers Sandrine Martinet
Stéphane Houdet
Medals
Gold
11
Silver
15
Bronze
28
Total
54
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
← 2020
2024 →

France competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[1]

Paris will host the 2024 Summer Paralympics, and due to that a French segment featured in the closing ceremony.

Medalists[edit]

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Alexandre Léauté Cycling Men's individual pursuit C2 26 August
 Gold Dorian Foulon Cycling Men's individual pursuit C5 27 August
 Gold Alexis Hanquinquant Paratriathlon Men's PTS4 28 August
 Gold Fabien Lamirault Table Tennis Men's individual – Class 2 30 August
 Gold Alexandre Lloveras
Guide: Corentin Ermenault		 Cycling Men's time trial B 31 August
 Gold Charles-Antoine Kouakou Athletics Men's 400 metres T20 31 August
 Gold Florian Jouanny Cycling Men's road race H1–2 1 September
 Gold Kévin Le Cunff Cycling Men's road race C4–5 3 September
 Gold Stéphane Houdet
Nicolas Peifer		 Wheelchair tennis Men's doubles 3 September
 Gold Fabien Lamirault
Stéphane Molliens		 Table tennis Men's team class 1–2 3 September
 Gold Lucas Mazur Badminton Men's singles SL4 5 September
 Silver Ugo Didier Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle S9 25 August
 Silver Axel Bourlon Powerlifting Men's 54 kg 26 August
 Silver Alexandre Léauté Cycling Men's time trial C1–3 27 August
 Silver Sandrine Martinet Judo Women's 48 kg 27 August
 Silver Marie-Amélie Le Fur Athletics Women's long jump T64 28 August
 Silver Léa Ferney Table tennis Men's individual class 11 28 August
 Silver Matéo Bohéas Table tennis Men's individual class 10 29 August
 Silver Loïc Vergnaud Cycling Men's road race H5 1 September
 Silver Alex Portal Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley SM13 30 August
 Silver Loic Vergnaud Cycling Men's road time trial H5 31 August
 Silver Dimitri Pavade Athletics Men's long jump T64 1 September
 Silver Riadh Tarsim
Florian Jouanny
Loïc Vergnaud		 Cycling Mixed team relay H1–5 2 September
 Silver Timothée Adolphe Athletics Men's 100 metres T11 2 September
 Silver Nélia Barbosa Paracanoeing Women's KL3 4 September
 Silver Lucas Mazur
Faustine Noël		 Badminton Mixed doubles SL3–SU5 5 September
 Bronze Marie Patouillet Cycling Women's individual pursuit C5 25 August
 Bronze Mandy François-Elie Athletics Women's 200 metres T37 27 August
 Bronze Alex Portal Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle S13 27 August
 Bronze Ronan Pallier Athletics Men's long jump T11 27 August
 Bronze Annouck Curzillat
Guide: Céline Bousrez		 Paratriathlon Women's PTVI 28 August
 Bronze Maxime Thomas Table tennis Men's individual class 4 28 August
 Bronze Raphaël Beaugillet
Pilot: François Pervis		 Cycling Men's time trial B 28 August
 Bronze Thu Kamkasomphou Table tennis Women's individual class 8 28 August
 Bronze Lucas Créange Table tennis Men's individual class 11 28 August
 Bronze Anne Barneoud Table tennis Women's individual class 7 28 August
 Bronze Nathalie Benoit Rowing Women's single sculls 29 August
 Bronze Erika Sauzeau
Antoine Jesel
Rémy Taranto
Margot Boulet
Robin le Barreau		 Rowing Mixed coxed four 29 August
 Bronze Souhad Ghazouani Powerlifting Women's 73 kg 29 August
 Bronze Helios Latchoumanaya Judo Men's 90 kg 29 August
 Bronze Romain Noble
Maxime Valet
Damien Tokatlian
Yohan Peter		 Wheelchair fencing Men's foil team 29 August
 Bronze Gauthier Makunda Athletics Men's 400 metres T35 29 August
 Bronze Alexandre Leaute Cycling Men's road time trial C2 31 August
 Bronze Florian Jouanny Cycling Men's road time trial H2 31 August
 Bronze Florian Merrien
Nicolas Savant-Aira		 Table Tennis Men's team – Class 4–5 1 September
 Bronze Thomas Bouvais
Clément Berthier		 Table Tennis Men's team – Class 8 1 September
 Bronze Anne Barneoud
Thu Kamkasomphou		 Table tennis Women's team – Class 6–8 1 September
 Bronze Ugo Didier Swimming Men's 200 metre individual SM9 1 September
 Bronze Marie Patouillet Cycling Women's road race C4–5 2 September
 Bronze Alexandre Leaute Cycling Men's road race C1–3 2 September
 Bronze Florent Marais Swimming Men's 100 metre backstroke S10 2 September
 Bronze Pierre Fairbank Athletics Men's 800 metres T53 2 September
 Bronze Rémy Boullé Paracanoeing Men's KL1 3 September
 Bronze Alexandre Lloveras
Guide: Corentin Ermenault		 Cycling Men's road race B 3 September

Archery[edit]

Main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
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
Daniel Lelou Men's individual compound 680 23  Korkmaz (TUR)
L 137-141 		Did not advance
Éric Pereira 655 34  Marchant (AUS)
L 136-138 		Did not advance
Guillaume Toucoullet Men's individual recurve 620 7  Phillips (GBR)
L 1-4 		Did not advance
Julie Chupin Women's individual compound 682 8 Bye  Li X (CHN)
W 145-138 		 Paterson Pine (GBR)
L 139-141 		Did not advance

Athletics[edit]

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Men's track
Athlete Event Heats Semi-final Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Timothée Adolphe 100m T11 11.12 1 Q 11.06 1 Q 10.90 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
400m T11 DQ — did not advance
Nicolas Brignone 100m T53 15.81 6 did not advance
Julien Casoli 400m T54 47.99 3 did not advance
800m T54 1:35.38 4 q 1:39.62 8
1500m T54 3:03.48 3 Q 2:51.69 7
Pierre Fairbank 100m T53 15.09 3 Q 15.41 5
Rédouane Hennouni-Bouzidi 1500m T38 — 4:05.95 4
Dimitri Jozwicki 100m T38 11.30 2 Q — 11.52 4
Charles-Antoine Kouakou 400m T20 48.85 2 Q 47.63 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Louis Radius 1500m T38 — 4:17.19 7
Trésor Makunda 400m T11 51.99 2 Q — 51.74 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's field
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Arnaud Assoumani Long jump T47 6.89 8
Valentin Bertrand Long jump T37 5.80 8
Thierry Cibone Javelin throw F34 25.69 9
Shot put F34 10.34 8
Ronan Pallier Long jump T11 6.15 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Dimitri Pavadé Long jump T64 7.39 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women's track
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Mandy François-Elie 100m T37 13.48 2 Q 13.51 4
200m T37 27.43 1 Q 27.34 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Angelina Lanza 200m T47 DNS Did not advance
Nantenin Keita 400m T13 57.40 1 Q 57.17 4
Women's field
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Gloria Agblemagnon Shot put F20 12.62 8
Manon Genest Long jump T37 4.40 4
Angelina Lanza Long jump T47 5.17 8
Marie-Amélie Le Fur Long jump T64 6.11 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Typhaine Soldé 4.60 9

Badminton[edit]

Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification
Men
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
David Toupé Singles WH1  Nagashima (JPN)
L (6–21, 12–21) 		 Qu (CHN)
L (11–21, 13–21) 		— 3 did not advance
Thomas Jakobs Singles WH2  Chan (HKG)
L (10–21, 8–21) 		 Kajiwara (JPN)
L (9–21, 5–21) 		— 3 did not advance
Lucas Mazur Singles SL4  Susanto (INA)
W (21–3, 21–7) 		 Pott (GER)
W (21–3, 21–7) 		 Lalinakere Yathiraj (IND)
W (21–15, 21–17) 		1 Q —  Dhillon (IND)
W (21–16, 16–21, 21–18) 		 Lalinakere Yathiraj (IND)
W (15–21, 21–17, 21–15) 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Méril Loquette Singles SU5  Mróz (POL)
W (21–16, 21–17) 		 Anrimusthi (INA)
L (10–21, 10–21) 		 Nugroho (INA)
L (14–21, 8–21) 		3 did not advance
Thomas Jakobs
David Toupé 		Doubles WH1–WH2  Homhual /
Junthong (THA)
L (11–21, 19–21) 		 Lee /
Kim (KOR)
L (11–21, 13–21) 		— 3 — did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Faustine Noël Singles SL4  Sadiyah (INA)
L (18–21, 13–21) 		 Oktila (INA)
L (12–21, 6–21) 		— 3 did not advance
Lénaïg Morin
Faustine Noël 		Doubles SL3–SU5  Parmar /
Kohli (IND)
W (21–12, 22–20) 		 Cheng /
Ma (CHN)
L (9–21, 10–21) 		— 2 Q  Oktila /
Sadiyah (INA)
L (9–21, 15–21) 		 Ito /
Suzuki (JPN)
L (16–21, 18–21) 		4
Mixed
Athlete Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Lucas Mazur
Faustine Noël 		Doubles SL3–SU5  Bhagat /
Kohli (IND)
W (21–9, 15–21, 21–19) 		 Teamarrom /
Saensupa (THA)
W (21–18, 21–18) 		1 Q  Fujihara /
Sugino (JPN)
W (21–10, 21–11) 		 Susanto /
Oktila (INA)
L (21–23, 17–21) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Boccia[edit]

Main article: Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Preliminaries Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opponent Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Samir van der Beken Individual BC3  Peška (CZE)
L 0-5 		3 Did not advance
 Legostaev (RPC)
L 3-4
 Ntenta (GRE)
W 4-2
Rodrigue Brenek
Sonia Heckel
Samir van der Beken 		Pairs BC3  Thailand (THA)
W 4-2 		5 Did not advance
 Greece (GRE)
W 4-3
 South Korea (KOR)
L 1-7
 Great Britain (GBR)
W 7-0

Cycling[edit]

Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Road[edit]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Raphael Beaugillet Men's road time trial B 1:01:23.32 9
Dorian Foulon Men's road race C4-5 DNF
Florian Jouanny Men's road race H1-2 1:49:36 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's road time trial H2 32:41.62 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Alexandre Léauté Men's road race C1-3 2:11:06 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's road time trial C2 37:07.16 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kévin Le Cunff Men's road race C4-5 2:14:49 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's road time trial C5 43:51.87 5
Alexandre Lloveras Men's road race B 3:06:14 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's road time trial B 41:54.02 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Riadh Tarsim Men's road race H3 2:48:04 7
Men's road time trial H3 45:26.77 10
Loïc Vergnaud Men's road race H5 2:24:30 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's road time trial H5 39:15.16 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Katell Alençon Women's road race C4-5 DNF
Women's road time trial C4 44:18.59 5
Elise Marc Women's road race C1-3 1:17:42 10
Women's road time trial C1-3 29:18.31 12
Marie Patouillet Women's road race C4-5 2:23:49 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women's road time trial C5 41:09.24 4
Florian Jouanny
Riadh Tarsim
Loïc Vergnaud 		Mixed relay H1-5 53:03 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Track[edit]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Rank
Raphael Beaugillet Men's time trial B — 1:00.472 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Dorian Foulon Men's individual pursuit C5 4:18.274 WR 1 Q  Donohoe (AUS)
W 4:20.757 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's time trial C4-5 — 1:05.348 6
Alexandre Léauté Men's individual pursuit C2 3:31.817 WR 1 Q  Hicks (AUS)
W 3:31.478 WR 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's time trial C1-3 — 1:05.031 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kévin Le Cunff Men's individual pursuit C5 4:22.257 4 q  Dementiev (UKR)
L 4:27.997 		4
Men's time trial C4-5 — 1:06.357 8
Alexandre Lloveras Men's individual pursuit B 4:05.263 4 q  Polak (POL)
L 4:08.126 		4
Marie Patouillet Women's individual pursuit C5 3:38.088 3 q  Murray (NZL)
W 3:39.233 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women's time trial C4-5 — 36.683 4
Dorian Foulon
Alexandre Léauté
Kévin Le Cunff 		Mixed team sprint C1-5 50.344 4 q  Spain (ESP)
L 49.567 		4

Equestrian[edit]

Main article: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Céline Gerny, Anne-Frédérique Royon, Vladimir Vinchon and Chiara Zenati have all qualified to compete at the Paralympics.

Football 5-a-side[edit]

Main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Team roster

The following is the France squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[2]

No. Pos. Player Class Date of birth (age)
1 GK Jérémy Sauffisseau Sighted (1985-09-10)10 September 1985 (aged 34)
3 MF Mickaël Miguez B1 (1994-01-12)12 January 1994 (aged 26)
4 FW Gaël Rivière B1 (1989-12-23)23 December 1989 (aged 30)
5 DF Hakim Arezki B1 (1983-03-20)20 March 1983 (aged 37)
7 MF Babacar Niang B1 (1991-11-16)16 November 1991 (aged 28)
8 DF Yvan Wouandji B1 (1993-04-28)28 April 1993 (aged 27)
9 FW Tidiane Diakite B1 (1982-12-31)31 December 1982 (aged 37)
10 MF Frédéric Villeroux [fr] B1 (1983-06-30)30 June 1983 (aged 37)
11 Khalifa Youme B1 (1982-11-12)12 November 1982 (aged 37)
16 GK Alessandro Bartolomucci Sighted (1997-08-04)4 August 1997 (aged 23)
Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 Semi finals
2  China 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
3  Japan 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3 5th–6th place match
4  France 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0 7th–8th place match
Source: TOCOG
Japan 4–0 France
 Report
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)
China 1–0 France
Zhu Ruiming 37' Report
Referee: Stuart Winton (Great Britain)
France 0–4 Brazil
Report
Referee: Attila Balint (Hungary)
Seventh place match
France 2–3 Thailand
Youme 29', 31' Report
Referee: Attila Balint (Hungary)

Judo[edit]

Main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Preliminary Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
round 1 		Repechage
round 2 		Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Nathan Petit Men's -81kg  Smagululy (KAZ)
W 10-00 		 Lee (KOR)
L 00-10 		Did not advance —  Powell (GBR)
W 10-00 		 Ávila (MEX)
L 00-11 		=5
Helios Latchoumanaya Men's -90kg Bye  Hirose (JPN)
W 10-00 		 Nouri (IRI)
L 00-01 		— Bye  Amanzhol (KAZ)
W 10-00 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sandrine Martinet Women's -48kg Bye  Li (CHN)
W 10-00 		 Ivanytska (UKR)
W 10-00 		Bye  Hajiyeva (AZE)
L 01-10 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Paracanoeing[edit]

Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Nelia Barbosa, Rémy Boulle and Eddie Potdevin have qualified to compete at the Paralympics in the paracanoe.[3]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rémy Boullé Men's KL1 51.726 2 48.645 1 48.917 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Eddie Potdevin Men's VL3 53.216 1 FA Bye 53.055 6
Nélia Barbosa Women's KL3 52.234 1 FA Bye 51.558 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Rowing[edit]

Main article: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

France qualified three boats for each of the rowing classes into the Paralympic regatta. All of them qualified after successfully entering the top seven for women's single sculls events and top eight for mixed events at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.[4]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Nathalie Benoit Women's single sculls 11:41.75 2 R 10:56.23 1 FA 11:28.44 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Perle Bouge
Christophe Lavigne 		Mixed double sculls BUW 6 R 8:27.49 4 FB 9:10.85 9
Margot Boulet
Antoine Jesel
Erika Sauzeau
Rémy Taranto
Robin Le Barreau (cox) 		Mixed coxed four 7:26.21 2 R 7:06.02 PB 1 FA 7:27.04 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

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

Shooting[edit]

Main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

France entered eight shooters, all male, into the Paralympic competition.[5]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
David Auclair Mixed P3 – 25m pistol SH1
Christophe Tanche Mixed R3 – 10 m air rifle prone SH1
Kevin Liot Mixed R4 – 10m air rifle standing SH2
Alain Quittet Mixed R5 – 10 m air rifle prone SH2
Tanguy de la Forest
Cédric Fèvre-Chevalier Mixed R6 – 50 m rifle prone SH1
Didier Richard Men's R7 – 50 m rifle three position
Vincent Fagnon Mixed R9 – 50m rifle prone SH2

Swimming[edit]

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

France have qualified three swimmers to compete in swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics via the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships slot allocation method & six swimmer via MQS.[6][7]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Laurent Chardard 100m freestyle S6 1:07.69 5 Q 1:07.60 7
100m backstroke S6 1:20.58 7 Q 1:19.00 7
50m butterfly S6 32.76 5 Q 32.29 4
Ugo Didier 400m freestyle S9 4:15.23 2 Q 4:11.33 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
100m backstroke S9 1:03.32 4 Q 1:02.20 4
200m individual medley SM9 2:20.86 3 Q
Nathan Maillet 200m freestyle S14 2:04.44 16 Did not advance
100m backstroke S14 1:08.05 18 Did not advance
Florent Marais 400m freestyle S10 4:17.78 6 Q
100m backstroke S10 1:01.92 5 Q 1:01.30 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
100m butterfly S10 59.23 8 Q 57.86 4
200m individual medley SM10 2:27.75 9 Did not advance
Alex Portal 50m freestyle S13 25.03 11 Did not advance
400m freestyle S13 4:11.07 3 Q 4:06.09 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
100m breaststroke SB13 1:12.14 9 Did not advance
100m butterfly S13 57.60 4 Q 57.13 4
200m individual medley SM13 2:12.05 3 Q 2:09.92 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
David Smetanine 50m freestyle S4 42.68 12 Did not advance
100m freestyle S4 1:32.52 7 Q 1:29.47 6
200m freestyle S4 3:14.09 8 Q 3:14.81 8
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Emeline Pierre 50m freestyle S10 29.11 11 Did not advance
100m freestyle S10 1:04.39 10 Did not advance
100m backstroke S10 — 1:13.52 8
Anaëlle Roulet 100m backstroke S10 — 1:10.83 5
Claire Supiot 100m freestyle S9 1:07.31 13 Did not advance
400m freestyle S9 5:00.28 11 Did not advance
100m butterfly S8 1:18.94 8 Q 1:16.67 8
200m individual medley SM9 2:55.56 15 Did not advance

Table tennis[edit]

Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

France entered eleven athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Fabien Lamirault & Thu Kamkasomphou qualified from the 2019 ITTF European Championships which was held in Helsingborg, Sweden and nine other athletes qualified via World Ranking allocation.[8]

Men
Athlete Event Group stage Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Fabien Lamirault Individual C2  Suchánek (CZE)
W 3-1 		 Jakimczuk (POL)
W 3-0 		1 Q Bye  Nazirov (RPC)
W 3-0 		 Cha (KOR)
W 3-1 		 Czuper (POL)
W 3-2 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Stéphane Molliens  Yezyk (UKR)
W 3-2 		 Toledo Bachiller (ESP)
W 3-0 		1 Q  Ludrovský (SVK)
L 1-3 		Did not advance
Florian Merrien Individual C3  Copola (ARG)
W 3-2 		 Laowong (THA)
W 3-0 		1 Q  Andrade de Freitas (BRA)
W 3-0 		 Zhai (CHN)
L 2-3 		Did not advance
Maxime Thomas Individual C4
Nicolas Savant-Aira Individual C5
Thomas Bouvais Individual C8
Clement Berthier
Matéo Bohéas Individual C10
Lucas Edouard Creange Individual C11
Women
Athlete Event Group stage Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Isabelle Lafaye Individual C1-2
Anne Barnéoud Individual C7
Thu Kamkasomphou Individual C8
Léa Ferney Individual C11

Taekwondo[edit]

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

France qualified two athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. All of them are confirmed to compete after entered top six in world ranking.

Athlete Event Preliminary Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
round 1 		Repechage
round 2 		Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Bopha Kong Men's –61 kg Bye  Zayat (EGY)
L 10-20 		Did not advance  Tokhirov (UZB)
W 37-24 		 Khalilov (AZE)
W 29-26 		 Sidorov (RPC)
L 23-33 		=5
Laura Schiel Women's +58 kg  Martínez (MEX)
L RSC 		Did not advance  Ota (JPN)
L WD 		Did not advance

Wheelchair rugby[edit]

Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

France national wheelchair rugby team qualified for the Games for the games by finishing top two at the 2020 Qualification Tournament in Richmond, Canada.

Team roster
  • Team event – 1 team of 12 players
Squad Group stage Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
France national team  Japan
W 53-51 		 Australia
L 48-50 		 Denmark
W 52-50 		3 Q Did not advance Fifth place match:
 Canada
L 49-57 		6
Group stage
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan (H) 3 3 0 0 170 155 +15 6 Semi-finals
2  Australia 3 1 0 2 156 159 −3 2
3  France 3 1 0 2 151 153 −2 2 Fifth place Match
4  Denmark 3 1 0 2 155 165 −10 2 Seventh place Match
Source: Tokyo2020
(H) Hosts
Japan 53–51 France
Australia 50–48 France
France 52–50 Denmark
Fifth place Match
France 49–57 Canada

Wheelchair tennis[edit]

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

France qualified seven players entries for wheelchair tennis. Six of them qualified by the world rankings, while one of them qualified by received the bipartite commission invitation allocation quotas.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Frédéric Cattaneo Men's singles
Stephane Houdet
Gaetan Menguy
Nicolas Peifer
Charlotte Fairbank Women's singles —
Emmanuelle Mörch —

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Official Selections at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games (in French)". France Paralympique. 19 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Football 5-a-side – Team France". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Three new selections for Tokyo (in French)". France Paralympique. 8 June 2021.
  4. ^ "2019 World Rowing Championships". www.worldrowing.com. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Tokyo 2021 - Paralympic selection (in French)". Federation Francaise de Tir. 27 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Medallists by Event" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 September 2019.
  7. ^ "World Championships Slot Allocation Method" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 14 October 2019.
  8. ^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.
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