Dimitri Pavadé
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Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 14 August 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T64 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | long jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Athle 632 Tournefeuille | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Remi Magro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dimitri Pavadé (born 14 August 1989) is a French para-athlete who specializes in long jump. He represented France at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Career[]
Pavadé represented France in the men's long jump T64 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal.[1]
Personal life[]
Pavadé's right leg was amputated at the age of eighteen after a work accident. He was working on the docks in Réunion, France when a forklift truck, weighing 18 tonnes, rolled over his leg.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Dimitri Pavadé". olympics.com. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Dimitri Pavade". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
Categories:
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Paralympic athletes of France
- French male long jumpers
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic silver medalists for France
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- French Paralympic medalist stubs