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Revision as of 19:49, 30 August 2024
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| Born | 21 April 1978 Rennes, France |
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| Country |  France |
| Sport | Paralympic shooting |
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Tanguy de La Forest (born 21 April 1978) is a French Paralympic shooter. He won a gold medal in the 10m Air Pistol SH1 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.[1][2]
Sporting career
A member of the French Paralympic shooting team since 1998, La Forest participated in his first Paralympic Games in London in 2012, where he finished 5th in the competition.
In 2014, he won a bronze medal at the World Shooting Para Sport Championships.[3] 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.[4][5] On 30 August 2024, he won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[6] He is also a member of the board of directors of the Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.[7]
Personal life
La Forest discovered shooting at a very young age before starting sport shooting.[3] He suffers from a neuromuscular disease, infantile spinal muscular atrophy. Professionally, La Forest created a recruitment firm “Défi RH” in 2006, specializing in the recruitment of disabled workers.[8]
References
- ^ Yoo, Jee-ho (30 August 2024). "Pistol shooter Jo Jeong-du delivers S. Korea's 1st gold at Paris Paralympics". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "Paralympics: Shooter Manish Narwal wins silver in Paris, 2nd medal at the Games". India Today. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ a b "fiche du comité paralympique" (in French). French Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "R4 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 - Final Results" (PDF). SIUS. 8 November 2022.
- ^ "R9 - Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH2 - Final Results" (PDF). SIUS. 11 November 2022.
- ^ "Paris 2024: Focused Lekhara defends Paralympic gold, Tanguy finally gets first medal". paralympic.org. 30 August 2024.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Paris 2024. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "vie privée et professionnelle". declicetaudace.com (in French).
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Rennes
- French male sport shooters
- Paralympic shooters for France
- Shooters at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Shooters at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Shooters at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Shooters at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Shooters at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic silver medalists for France
- Paralympic medalists in shooting
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- 21st-century French sportsmen