France at the Paralympics

France at the Paralympics
IPC code	FRA
NPC	French Paralympic and Sports Committee
Website	france-paralympique.fr
Medals	Gold 416 Silver 417 Bronze 430 Total 1,263
Summer appearances
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

France participated in the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome, and has taken part in every edition of the Summer and Winter Paralympics since then. France was the host country of the 1992 Winter Paralympics.

French athletes have won a total of 1,263 medals at the Paralympic Games, of which 416 is gold, placing France fourth on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table.

Among its most successful competitors is swimmer Béatrice Hess, winner of 20 gold medals.

Medal tallies[]

Summer Paralympics[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1960 Summer Paralympics	3	3	1	7	9
1964 Summer Paralympics	4	2	5	11	11
1968 Summer Paralympics	13	10	9	32	5
1972 Summer Paralympics	10	8	5	33	7
1976 Summer Paralympics	23	21	14	58	8
1980 Summer Paralympics	28	26	31	85	8
1984 Summer Paralympics	71	69	46	186	6
1988 Summer Paralympics	46	44	50	140	5
1992 Summer Paralympics	36	36	34	106	6
1996 Summer Paralympics	35	29	31	95	6
2000 Summer Paralympics	30	28	28	86	7
2004 Summer Paralympics	18	26	30	74	9
2008 Summer Paralympics	12	21	19	52	12
2012 Summer Paralympics	8	19	18	45	16
2016 Summer Paralympics	9	5	14	28	12
2020 Summer Paralympics	11	15	28	54	14

Winter Paralympics[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1976 Winter Paralympics	2	0	3	5	8
1980 Winter Paralympics	1	1	1	3	9
1984 Winter Paralympics	4	2	0	6	8
1988 Winter Paralympics	5	5	3	13	7
1992 Winter Paralympics	6	4	9	19	6
1994 Winter Paralympics	14	6	11	31	4
1998 Winter Paralympics	5	9	8	22	10
2002 Winter Paralympics	2	11	6	19	13
2006 Winter Paralympics	7	2	6	15	4
2010 Winter Paralympics	1	4	1	6	10
2014 Winter Paralympics	5	3	4	13	5
2018 Winter Paralympics	7	8	5	20	4

Medals by summer sport[]

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Swimming	120	107	108	335
Athletics	74	86	76	236
Wheelchair fencing	64	43	38	145
Table tennis	36	45	54	135
Archery	16	11	12	39
Road cycling	14	6	14	34
Weightlifting	8	18	9	35
Shooting	6	11	14	31
Wheelchair tennis	6	4	7	17
Powerlifting	5	8	2	15
Judo	4	6	12	22
Track cycling	4	5	7	16
Sailing	2	2	0	4
Dartchery	1	1	2	4
Badminton	1	1	0	2
Lawn bowls	1	0	5	6
Wheelchair basketball	1	0	3	4
Paratriathlon	1	0	2	3
Rowing	0	2	3	5
Paracanoe	0	1	2	3
Equestrian	0	1	1	2
Football 5-a-side	0	1	0	1
Volleyball	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 sports)	364	359	372	1095

Medals by winter sport[]

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Alpine skiing	39	41	34	114
Cross country skiing	13	8	18	39
Biathlon	7	5	4	16
Snowboarding	0	2	1	3
Totals (4 sports)	59	56	57	172

Multi-medalists[]

Summer Paralympics[]

Multiple medalists[]

This is a list of French athletes who have won at least three gold medals or five medals.

No.	Athlete	Sport	Years	Games	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Béatrice Hess	Swimming	1984 - 2004	6	F	20	5	0	25
2	Assia El Hannouni	Athletics	2004 - 2012	3	F	8	2	0	10
3	Pascal Pinard	Swimming	1992 - 2004	4	M	7	5	6	18
4	Claude Issorat	Athletics	1992 - 2004	4	M	7	4	2	13
5	Mustapha Badid	Athletics	1984 - 1996	4	M	6	1	1	8
6	Robert Citerne	Wheelchair fencing	1988 - 2004	7	M	4	2	3	9

Multi medals in a single Games[]

This is a list of French athletes who have won at least two gold medals in a single Games. Ordered categorically by gold medals earned, sports then year.

No.	Athlete	Sport	Year	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Pascal Pinard	Swimming	1992	M	5	1	2	8
2	Assia El Hannouni	Athletics	2004	F	4	0	0	4
3	Mustapha Badid	Athletics	1988	M	4	1	0	5
4	Claude Issorat	Athletics	1996	M	3	0	1	4

Multi medals in a single event[]

This is a list of French athletes who have won at least two gold medals in a single event at the Summer Paralympics. Ordered categorically by medals earned, sports then gold medals earned.

No.	Athlete	Sport	Event	Years	Games	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Robert Citerne	Wheelchair fencing	Team épée	1988-2004	7	M	3	2	0	5
2	Charles Tolle	Athletics	4 × 400 m relay	1996-2000	2	M	2	0	0	2

Most appearances[]

This is a list of French athletes who have competed in four or more Summer Paralympic Games. Active athletes are in bold. Athletes who were under 15 years of age or over 40 years of age are in bold.

No.	Athlete	Sport	Birth Year	Games Years	First/Last Age	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Robert Citerne	Wheelchair fencing	1961	1988 - 2004 (7)	27 - 43	M	4	2	3	9
2	Béatrice Hess	Swimming	1961	1984 - 2004 (6)	22 - 42	F	20	5	0	25
3	Vincent Boury	Table tennis	1969	1996 - 2012 (5)	30 - 43	M	1	2	1	4
	Pierre Fairbank	Athletics	1971	2000 - 2016 (5)	29 - 45	M	1	2	4	7
	Thu Kamkasomphou	Table tennis	1967	2000 - 2016 (5)	33 - 49	F	2	2	4	8

Winter Paralympics[]

See also[]

• France at the Olympics

References[]