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| birth_place = [[Rennes]], France
| birth_place = [[Rennes]], France
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| country = Brazil
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'''Tanguy de La Forest''' (born 21 April 1978) is a French Paralympic shooter. He won a gold medal in the [[Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – R1 Men's 10 metre air rifle standing SH1|10m Air Pistol SH1]] event at the [[2024 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Paris]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yoo |first=Jee-ho |date=2024-08-30 |title=Pistol shooter Jo Jeong-du delivers S. Korea's 1st gold at Paris Paralympics |url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240830008100315 |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Yonhap News Agency |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=Paralympics: Shooter Manish Narwal wins silver in Paris, 2nd medal at the Games |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/paralympics/story/paralympics-manish-narwal-silver-10m-air-pistol-sh1-second-games-medal-2590929-2024-08-30 |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
'''Tanguy de La Forest''' (born 21 April 1978) is a French Paralympic shooter. He won two medals at the [[2024 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Paris]], a silver in the [[Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – R4 Mixed 10 metre air rifle standing SH2|10 m air rifle standing SH2]] event and a gold in the [[Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – R5 Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH2|10 m air rifle prone SH2]] event.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Tanguy de La Forest was born in [[Rennes]] on 21 April 1978.<ref>{{cite web |title=Surenjav Ulambayar |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/surenjav-ulambayar_3415532 |publisher=Olympics.com |language=en |date=2024 |access-date=29 August 2024 }}</ref> At a young age, he was diagnosed with infantile spinal muscular atrophy and by the time he was ten years old, he had to use an electric wheelchair.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.groupebpce.com/en/all-the-latest-news/portrait-of-tanguy-de-la-forest-a-para-shooting-champion-sponsored-by-the-caisse-depargne-ile-de-france-via-the-performance-pact/|title=Portrait of Tanguy de La Forest, a para-shooting champion sponsored by the Caisse d’Epargne Ile-de-France via the Performance Pact|date=8 April 2022|publisher=Groupe BPCE}}</ref> He discovered shooting at a very young age before starting sport shooting.<ref name="JO">{{cite web|url=https://france-paralympique.fr/paralympiens/tanguy-de-la-forest/|title=fiche du comité paralympique|publisher=French Paralympic Committee|accessdate=30 August 2024|language=fr}}</ref>
Tanguy de La Forest was born in [[Rennes]] on 21 April 1978.<ref>{{cite web |title=DE LA FOREST Tanguy |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/tanguy-de-la-forest_2286969 |work=[[Paris 2024 Paralympics]] |access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref> At a young age, he was diagnosed with infantile [[spinal muscular atrophy]] and by the time he was ten years old, he had to use an electric wheelchair.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.groupebpce.com/en/all-the-latest-news/portrait-of-tanguy-de-la-forest-a-para-shooting-champion-sponsored-by-the-caisse-depargne-ile-de-france-via-the-performance-pact/ |title=Portrait of Tanguy de La Forest, a para-shooting champion sponsored by the Caisse d’Epargne Ile-de-France via the Performance Pact |date=8 April 2022 |publisher=Groupe BPCE}}</ref> He discovered shooting at a very young age before starting sport shooting.<ref name="JO">{{cite web |url=https://france-paralympique.fr/paralympiens/tanguy-de-la-forest/ |title=fiche du comité paralympique |publisher=French Paralympic Committee |accessdate=30 August 2024 |language=fr}}</ref>


==Sporting career==
==Sporting career==
A member of the French Paralympic shooting team since 1998, La Forest participated in his first Paralympic Games in London in [[2012 Summer Paralympics|2012]], where he finished 5th in the competition.
A member of the French Paralympic shooting team since 1998, La Forest participated in his first Paralympic Games in Athens in [[2004 Summer Paralympics|2004]], where he competed in the Mixed Air Rifle Standing SH2 and Mixed Air Rifle Prone SH2 events.


In 2014, he won a bronze medal at the World Shooting Para Sport Championships.<ref name="JO" /> La Forest won a gold medal at the [[2022 World Shooting Para Sport Championships]], in the Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 and Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH2 events.<ref>{{cite web |title=R4 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 - Final Results |url=https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=86d91822-27c1-48ff-98bf-cd9c6626e677&FileName=10m/AR60_R4X/5_FINAL/F200000IA0811221845.1.AR60_R4X.0.001.pdf |website=SIUS |date=8 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=R9 - Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH2 - Final Results |url=https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=86d91822-27c1-48ff-98bf-cd9c6626e677&FileName=50m/FR60PR_R9X/5_FINAL/F200000IA1111221530.1.FR60PR_R9X.0.001.pdf |website=SIUS |date=11 November 2022}}</ref> On 30 August 2024, he won the silver medal at the [[2024 Summer Paralympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/paris-2024-avani-lekhara-defends-paralympic-gold|title=Paris 2024: Focused Lekhara defends Paralympic gold, Tanguy finally gets first medal|website=paralympic.org|date=30 August 2024}}</ref> He is also a member of the board of directors of the [[Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games]].<ref name="board_of_directors_paris_2024">{{Cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=https://www.paris2024.org/en/the-boards-of-directors/|access-date=27 December 2021|website=Paris 2024|date=3 June 2021 }}</ref>
In 2014, La Forest won a bronze medal at the World Shooting Para Sport Championships.<ref name="JO" /> La Forest won a gold medal at the [[2022 World Shooting Para Sport Championships]], in the Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 and Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH2 events.<ref>{{cite web |title=R4 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 - Final Results |url=https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=86d91822-27c1-48ff-98bf-cd9c6626e677&FileName=10m/AR60_R4X/5_FINAL/F200000IA0811221845.1.AR60_R4X.0.001.pdf |website=SIUS |date=8 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=R9 - Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH2 - Final Results |url=https://results.sius.com/DownloadFile.aspx?Championship=86d91822-27c1-48ff-98bf-cd9c6626e677&FileName=50m/FR60PR_R9X/5_FINAL/F200000IA1111221530.1.FR60PR_R9X.0.001.pdf |website=SIUS |date=11 November 2022}}</ref> La Forest competed in the [[2024 Summer Paralympics]], where is also a member of the board member of the [[Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games]].<ref name="board_of_directors_paris_2024">{{Cite web |title=Board of Directors |url=https://www.paris2024.org/en/the-boards-of-directors/ |access-date=27 December 2021 |website=Paris 2024 |date=3 June 2021}}</ref> On 30 August 2024, he won the silver medal at the [[Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – R4 Mixed 10 metre air rifle standing SH2|10 m air rifle standing SH2]] event.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/paris-2024-avani-lekhara-defends-paralympic-gold |title=Paris 2024: Focused Lekhara defends Paralympic gold, Tanguy finally gets first medal |website=paralympic.org |date=30 August 2024}}</ref> The following day, he won the gold medal in the [[Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – R5 Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH2|10 m air rifle prone SH2]] event.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Tir/Actualites/Apres-l-argent-debout-l-or-pour-tanguy-de-la-forest-au-tir-a-la-carabine-couche-10-m-aux-jeux-paralympiques-de-paris-2024/1505069 |title=Après l'argent debout, l'or pour Tanguy De la Forest au tir à la carabine couché 10 m aux Jeux Paralympiques de Paris 2024 |website=lequipe.fr |date=1 September 2024 |accessdate=1 September 2024}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Professionally, La Forest created a recruitment firm “Défi RH” in 2006, specializing in the recruitment of disabled workers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://declicetaudace.com/2020/03/01/tanguy-de-la-forest/|title=vie privée et professionnelle|website=declicetaudace.com|language=fr}}</ref>
Professionally, La Forest created a recruitment firm “Défi RH” in 2006, specializing in the recruitment of disabled workers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://declicetaudace.com/2020/03/01/tanguy-de-la-forest/ |title=vie privée et professionnelle |website=declicetaudace.com |language=fr}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
* {{IPC|tanguy-de-la-forest}}
* {{CPSF}}
* {{Team France}}


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Latest revision as of 17:51, 27 November 2024

Tanguy de La Forest
Personal information
Born (1978-04-21) 21 April 1978 (age 46)
Rennes, France
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportShooting para sport
Disability classSH2
Medal record
Shooting para sport
Representing  France
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Al Ain Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2
Gold medal – first place 2022 Al Ain Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH2
Gold medal – first place 2023 Lima Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2[1]
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Lima Mixed 10 m rifle prone SH2[1]
Gold medal – first place 2023 Lima Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH2[1]
Gold medal – first place 2023 Lima Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2 - team[1]
Gold medal – first place 2023 Lima Mixed 10 m rifle prone SH2 - team[1]
Gold medal – first place 2023 Lima Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH2 - team[1]

Tanguy de La Forest (born 21 April 1978) is a French Paralympic shooter. He won two medals at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, a silver in the 10 m air rifle standing SH2 event and a gold in the 10 m air rifle prone SH2 event.

Early life

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Tanguy de La Forest was born in Rennes on 21 April 1978.[2] At a young age, he was diagnosed with infantile spinal muscular atrophy and by the time he was ten years old, he had to use an electric wheelchair.[3] He discovered shooting at a very young age before starting sport shooting.[4]

Sporting career

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A member of the French Paralympic shooting team since 1998, La Forest participated in his first Paralympic Games in Athens in 2004, where he competed in the Mixed Air Rifle Standing SH2 and Mixed Air Rifle Prone SH2 events.

In 2014, La Forest won a bronze medal at the World Shooting Para Sport Championships.[4] La Forest won a gold medal at the 2022 World Shooting Para Sport Championships, in the Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 and Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH2 events.[5][6] La Forest competed in the 2024 Summer Paralympics, where is also a member of the board member of the Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.[7] On 30 August 2024, he won the silver medal at the 10 m air rifle standing SH2 event.[8] The following day, he won the gold medal in the 10 m air rifle prone SH2 event.[9]

Personal life

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Professionally, La Forest created a recruitment firm “Défi RH” in 2006, specializing in the recruitment of disabled workers.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Result Book: Lima 2023 WSPS World Championships" (PDF). World Shooting Para Sport. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  2. ^ "DE LA FOREST Tanguy". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Portrait of Tanguy de La Forest, a para-shooting champion sponsored by the Caisse d'Epargne Ile-de-France via the Performance Pact". Groupe BPCE. 8 April 2022.
  4. ^ a b "fiche du comité paralympique" (in French). French Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  5. ^ "R4 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 - Final Results" (PDF). SIUS. 8 November 2022.
  6. ^ "R9 - Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH2 - Final Results" (PDF). SIUS. 11 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Board of Directors". Paris 2024. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Paris 2024: Focused Lekhara defends Paralympic gold, Tanguy finally gets first medal". paralympic.org. 30 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Après l'argent debout, l'or pour Tanguy De la Forest au tir à la carabine couché 10 m aux Jeux Paralympiques de Paris 2024". lequipe.fr. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  10. ^ "vie privée et professionnelle". declicetaudace.com (in French).
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