Thomas Clarion
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Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sallanches, France | March 15, 1982||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Para Nordic skiing (Para cross-country skiing and Para biathlon) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | B1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Clarion (born 15 March 1982) is a French male visually impaired cross-country skier and biathlete who is also well known as a physiotherapist.[1] He has competed at the Winter Paralympics in 2010, 2014 and 2018.[2]
Career[]
Thomas Clarion competed in his first Paralympic event in 2010 and went medalless during the competition. He claimed 2 bronze medals at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in the men's 10km cross-country skiing event and 4 x 2.5 km relay open event.[3]
He went onto represent France at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, his third Paralympic event and managed to claim a bronze medal in the men's 20km free visually impaired cross-country skiing event which was also his third Paralympic medal.[4][5][6] He claimed his first Paralympic gold medal during the 2018 Winter Paralympics after winning the men's 4 x 2.5 km relay open team event for France along with other members including Benjamin Daviet and Anthony Chalençon.[7]
References[]
- ^ "Thomas Clarion's reasons to be successful in Paralympic Nordic skiing". Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ "Cross-Country Skiing | Athlete Profile: Thomas CLARION - Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ "Thomas Clarion". Paralympic.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ "Thomas Clarion | Paralympic bio". Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ "Cross-Country Skiing | Results Men's 20km Free, Visually Impaired - Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ "Jeux paralympiques 2018 : trois médailles françaises décrochées lundi". Le Monde.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ "Cross-Country Skiing | Results 4x2.5km Open Relay - Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
External links[]
- Thomas Clarion at the International Paralympic Committee (also here)
- Thomas Clarion at the Comité Paralympique et Sportif Français (in French)
- 1982 births
- Living people
- French male biathletes
- French male cross-country skiers
- Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
- Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
- Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
- Paralympic biathletes of France
- Paralympic cross-country skiers of France
- Paralympic gold medalists for France
- Paralympic bronze medalists for France
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
- French physiotherapists
- Visually impaired category Paralympic competitors
- Blind people from France
- Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing