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Alex Portal
Portal in 2023
Personal information
Born (2002-02-12) 12 February 2002 (age 22)
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Sport
SportParalympic swimming
Disability classS13, SM13
Medal record
Men's paralympic swimming
Representing  France
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 200 m medley SM13
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 400 m freestyle S13
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 100 m butterfly S13
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 200 m medley SM13
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 400 m freestyle S13
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Madeira 200 m medley SM13
Gold medal – first place 2023 Manchester 200 m medley SM13
Gold medal – first place 2023 Manchester 100 m freestyle S13
Gold medal – first place 2023 Manchester 400 m freestyle S13
Silver medal – second place 2022 Madeira 100 m butterfly S13
Silver medal – second place 2022 Madeira 400 m freestyle S13
Silver medal – second place 2023 Manchester 100 m butterfly S13
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Madeira 100 m freestyle S13

Alex Portal (born 12 February 2002) is a French Paralympic swimmer. He competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, winning two medals, and at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, winning four medals.

Biography

Portal was born on 12 February 2002 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France.[1] He and his younger brother Kylian were both born with ocular albinism, a condition resulting in poor eyesight.[2][3] Alex began swimming at age five at the club CN Pecq, and later began competing at age seven with the club Cercle des nageurs de l'ouest in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.[1] He attended the business school Ecole de Management Léonard De Vinci.[1]

Portal initially competed against non-disabled swimmers, before registering for para swimming in 2016. He competed at the French national championships and qualified for the national team shortly after.[4] Classified as an S13 swimmer, Portal won two medals at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships.[1] He qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won two medals: a bronze in the 400m freestyle S13 and a silver in the 200m medley S13.[5][6] In September 2021, he was honored with the Ordre national du Mérite from the president.[7]

In 2022, Portal won four medals, including a gold, at the World Para Swimming Championships.[1] The following year, he won three gold medals and a silver at the world championships.[1] In the 400m freestyle event, in which he won gold, his brother Kylian also competed and won bronze.[8]

In December 2023, Portal and his brother received scholarships from the city of Saint-Germain-en-Laye for €5,000.[9] In 2024, a sign was installed at the entrance of the city to celebrate the two brothers' accomplishments.[9] At the 2024 European championships, Alex won four medals.[1] Both he and his brother were selected for the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[9] At the Paralympics, Alex won four medals – silver in the 100m butterfly, silver in the 400m freestyle, silver in the 200m medley and bronze in the 100m backstroke.[10] In the 400m freestyle, he placed one spot above his brother Kylian, the bronze medalist.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Portal Alex". Olympics.com.
  2. ^ "Jeux paralympiques : portraits des deux frères nageurs Alex et Kilian Portal" [Paralympic Games: portraits of the two swimming brothers Alex and Kilian Portal] (in French). France Info. 8 October 2022.
  3. ^ "JOP Paris 2024 : Kylian Portal, médaillé de bronze et étudiant à l'EMLV" [JOP Paris 2024: Kylian Portal, bronze medalist and student at EMLV] (in French). Ecole de Management Léonard De Vinci. 18 September 2024.
  4. ^ Pineau, Arthur (16 December 2020). "Qui est Alex Portal, ce nageur handisport qui fait tomber des records du monde ?" [Who is Alex Portal, this disabled swimmer who is breaking world records?]. Ouest-France (in French).
  5. ^ Gerber, Louise (27 August 2021). "Paralympiques 2021 : le nageur français Alex Portal décroche le bronze sur le 400 m nage libre" [Paralympics 2021: French swimmer Alex Portal wins bronze in the 400m freestyle] (in French). France Info.
  6. ^ Nony, Celine (30 August 2021). "Alex Portal en argent sur 200m 4 nages (S13) aux Jeux Paralympiques de Tokyo" [Alex Portal wins silver in 200m medley (S13) at Tokyo Paralympic Games]. L'Équipe (in French).
  7. ^ "Décret du 8 septembre 2021 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national du Mérite" [Decree of September 8, 2021 on promotion and appointment to the National Order of Merit]. Légifrance (in French). 10 September 2021.
  8. ^ Nony, Celine (5 August 2023). "Alex Portal en or, son frère Kylian en bronze sur 400 m aux Mondiaux de para-natation" [Alex Portal in gold, his brother Kylian in bronze in the 400m at the World Para-swimming Championships]. L'Équipe (in French).
  9. ^ a b c Roudeillat, Philippe (14 August 2024). "Jeux paralympiques 2024 : les nageurs Alex et Kylian Portal sur les traces des Lebrun et de… Léon Marchand" [2024 Paralympic Games: Swimmers Alex and Kylian Portal in the footsteps of Lebrun and… Léon Marchand]. Actu.fr (in French).
  10. ^ Joly, Gabriel (3 September 2024). "Paralympiques 2024 : Alex Portal prend l'argent sur le 200 m 4 nages, sa quatrième médaille dans ces Jeux" [Paralympics 2024: Alex Portal takes silver in the 200m medley, his fourth medal in these games] (in French). France Info.
  11. ^ Myers, Paul (31 August 2024). "Medalling brothers: Portals take honours in same race at Paris 2024 Paralympics". Radio France Internationale.
  12. ^ Kaufman, Sophie (31 August 2024). "2024 Paralympics: French Brothers Alex and Kylian Portal Share Podium, Three More WRs Fall". SwimSwam.
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