The dreams of amputee athletes and champion seeds come true

Dear difteurs,

On November 12 took place the 2nd open handisport day in table tennis

Clément, 17, with spastic diplegia from birth, finishes 2nd in the standing category 🥈

Hugo, 17, paraplegic from birth as a result of Larsen syndrome, finished 2nd in the seated category 🥈

Pablo, 18, hemiplegic from birth, finished 3rd in the standing category 🥉

Alexis, 17, a carrier of a genetic bone disease, finished 2nd in the seated category 🥈

Bravo to our Young Talents, the training and efforts enable them to gain in level!

Charres difteurs,

Jeune Talent de Génération Avant Garde, Pierrot Gagliano, 24, from Hourtin, has just won the individual para-surfing world championship, which took place in Huntington in the USA at the beginning of November. He is also world champion with Equipe de France for the 2nd year running.

"Affected by a degenerative disease since birth (blind right eye and left eye with 10% visual acuity), I have fought a lifelong battle against my difficulties. It was through learning to skateboard, snowboard and finally surf that I managed to find myself and turn my disability into a strength, expressing all my determination and creativity on a board."

From accident to French team in one year, Pierre's incredible journey! 
After suffering a terrible accident in 2021, which left him an amputee, Pierre bounced back by discovering armchair rugby in 2022. 
Today, he's selected for the French team! 🏆 
But to shine on international fields, he needs an adapted wheelchair. Thanks to your support, we'll be able to give him the essential tool to realize his dreams and become a champion.🧑‍🦽 
The Carrefour Foundation has helped us with Dift to buy his chair, but we're still short of part of the funding. 
 

It's his secret weapon, his work tool. It's what allows him to express all his talent on the pitch. But to perform at the highest level, he needs a tailor-made chair.
The chair will also be made available to his sports club, Aingirak Euskaldi, for disability awareness initiatives.
 
Thank you for helping us provide him with the means to proudly represent France at upcoming competitions. 

🏈 Pierre's next match is on November 21 against Ireland! 

We're proud because Manon Genest, a para-athlete specializing in the long jump, won a bronze medal at the Paralympic Games on Sunday evening.
Supported in 2023 by our  "Jeune Talent" project to finance her internships and international competitions, our help enabled her to evolve and reach her best levels, which she was able to realize at the JOP.
Manon is also a young mother who has succeeded in reconciling family life, professional life and top-level sport, despite all the constraints that this entails.
#ExceedingYourself #RealizingYourDreams #OlympicChampion

Pierre Botte is 25 and lives in Bidart. He was amputated following a road accident in 2021. A keen sportsman, he used to play rugby and pelota. He returned to rugby, but in a wheelchair. He now needs a new chair to practice in better conditions and achieve better performances. 
Our mission today is to find funding from private donors or companies to finance this chair and enable him to continue his journey.
Your supporters are helping to buy this chair, thank you!!

Our young talents shone at the French Championships on July 13 and 14 in Albi. Bronze medals for Cloé and Milo in the 200m, for Kerrian in the 400m and for Tanguy in the 1500m. A French vice-champion title in the high jump for Emilien.

 

And some fine personal bests: 

Our young medal-winning talents 

Champion at the European Youth Games in 2022 in the long jump and 2nd in the 100m
2nd in the long jump, 60m and shot put at the French indoor championships 2023
2nd in the 200m at the French indoor championships in 2024
She will take part this weekend in the French Championships in Albi to try to achieve the minimum requirements for the JOP 2024
Discover her in pictures!

We were lucky enough to have several of our talents carry the Olympic flame: Emilien, Lou, Maïa, Pablo, Manon, Cloé and soon on July 20 in Fontainebleau it will be modern pentathlon champion Jessye's turn.