France at the 2022 Winter Paralympics explained

Npc:	FRA
Country:	France
Year:	2022
Games:	Winter Paralympics
Flagcaption:	Flag of France
Npcname:	French Paralympic and Sports Committee
Location:	Beijing, China
Competitors:	15
Competitors Men:	13
Competitors Women:	2
Sports:	4
Flagbearer Open:	Benjamin Daviet
Rank:	4
Gold:	7
Silver:	3
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto

France competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China which took place between 4–13 March 2022.^[1] In total, 15 athletes competed in four sports.

Medalists

The following French competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date







	Guide Alexandre Pouye Guide: Brice Ottonello



	Guide

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9	Total
	3	1	2	6
	1	2	0	3
	2	0	0	2
	1	0	0	1
Total	7	3	2	12

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	6	1	2	9
Female	1	1	0	2
Mixed	0	1	0	1
Total	7	3	2	12

Medals by day
Day	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9	Total
5 March	1	0	1	2
6 March	0	1	0	1
7 March	2	0	0	2
8 March	0	0	0	0
9 March	1	0	0	1
10 March	0	0	1	1
11 March	2	0	0	2
12 March	0	1	0	1
13 March	1	1	0	2
Total	7	3	2	12

Administration

The flagbearers of France at ceremonies of the 2022 Winter Paralympics were selected by athletes and not by the French Paralympic and Sports Committee (CPSF).^[2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

width=150	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	8	1	9
Biathlon	2	0	2
Cross-country skiing	2	0	2
Snowboarding	3	1	4
Total	13	2	15

Alpine skiing

See main article: article and Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.

Marie Bochet is among the alpine skiers.^[3] ^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hyacinthe Deleplace Guide Valentin Giraud Moine	Downhill, visually impaired	1:14.10
Arthur Bauchet	align=left rowspan=4	Downhill, standing	1:14.92
Manoel Bourdenx	1:18.49	7
Jordan Broisin	1:20.18	13
Oscar Burnham	1:21.07	18
Hyacinthe Deleplace Guide Maxime Jourdan	Giant slalom, visually impaired	58.47	4
Arthur Bauchet	align=left rowspan=5	Giant slalom, standing	59.19	6	56.70	1	1:55.89
Manoel Bourdenx	1:01.64	13	59.12	9	2:00.76	13
Jordan Broisin	1:00.00	8	59.95	13	1:59.95	12
Oscar Burnham	1:00.11	10	58.34	6	1:58.45	7
Jules Segers	1:03.91	19	1:01.55	16	2:05.46	16
Lou Braz-Dagand	Giant slalom, sitting	1:04.11	7	1:03.66	12	2:07.77	9
Hyacinthe Deleplace Guide Maxime Jourdan	Slalom, visually impaired	45.07	4	52.08	5	1:37.15	4
Arthur Bauchet	align=left rowspan=5	Slalom, standing	40.38	1	49.23	2	1:29.61
Manoel Bourdenx	50.11	24	1:00.80	22	1:50.91	20
Jordan Broisin	46.24	10	54.46	9	1:40.70	7
Oscar Burnham	51.92	31	54.38	8	1:46.30	16
Jules Segers	48.22	17	58.36	17	1:46.58	17
Lou Braz-Dagand	Slalom, sitting	47.14	10	58.53	10	1:45.67	7
Hyacinthe Deleplace Guide Valentin Giraud Moine	Super combined, visually impaired	1:09.12	1	47.62	6	1:56.74	5
Arthur Bauchet	align=left rowspan=4	Super combined, standing	1:10.88	1	39.38	1	1:50.26
Manoel Bourdenx	1:13.65	5	45.26	16	1:58.91	12
Jordan Broisin	1:19.20	25
Jules Segers	1:17.59	24
Lou Braz-Dagand	Super combined, sitting	1:18.30	15	50.16	8	2:08.46	8
Hyacinthe Deleplace Guide Valentin Giraud Moine	Super-G, visually impaired	1:09.78	4
Arthur Bauchet	align=left rowspan=5	Super-G, standing	1:10.36	4
Manoel Bourdenx	1:12.97	7
Jordan Broisin	1:14.21	14
Oscar Burnham	1:15.32	20
Jules Segers
Lou Braz-Dagand	Super-G, sitting	1:17.20	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=5	Marie Bochet	Downhill, standing
Giant slalom, standing	59.80	5	1:02.78	3	2:02.58	4
Slalom, standing	49.49	4
Super combined, standing	1:17.34	3	54.83	7	2:12.17	5
Super-G, standing	1:14.97

Biathlon

See main article: article and Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.

Two competitors competed in biathlon.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Events	Final
Athlete	Events	Missed Shots	Result	Rank
Benjamin Daviet	6 km, standing	1	17:19.1	4
	10 km, standing	4	34:15.1	6
	12.5 km, standing	0	37:58.9
Anthony Chalençon Guide Brice Ottonello	6 km, visually impaired	4	19:18.4	9
Anthony Chalençon Guide Brice Ottonello	10 km, visually impaired	12	43:13.4	9

Cross-country skiing

See main article: article and Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.

France competed in cross-country skiing.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Benjamin Daviet	1.5 km sprint, standing	2:44.59	2 Q	3:25.5	1 Q	3:07.5
Benjamin Daviet	12.5 km free, standing	33:09.1
Anthony Chalençon Guide Brice Ottonello	1.5 km sprint free, visually impaired	2:38.79	3 Q	3:34.9	1 Q	3:47.2	4
Anthony Chalençon Guide Alexandre Pouye	12.5 km free, visually impaired	34:15.5	4

Relay

Snowboarding

See main article: article and Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.

Maxime Montaggioni and Mathias Menendez were among the snowboarders for France.^[1] ^[7]

Banked slalom

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Maxime Montaggioni	Men's banked slalom SB-UL	1:09.87	1:09.41	1:09.41
Mathias Menendez Garcia	align=left rowspan=2	Men's banked slalom SB-LL2	1:12.19	1:17.25	1:12.19	11
Laurent Vaglica		1:25.15	1:25.15	23
Cécile Hernandez	Women's banked slalom SB-LL2	1:19.39	1:18.48	1:18.48	6

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Position	Position	Position
Maxime Montaggioni	Men's snowboard cross SB-UL	1:03.70	1:03.72	6 Q	3	Did not advance
Mathias Menendez Garcia	align=left rowspan=2	Men's snowboard cross SB-LL2	1:06.39	1:06.30	13 Q	4	Did not advance
Laurent Vaglica	1:27.70	1:04.30	9 Q		Did not advance
Cécile Hernandez	Women's snowboard cross SB-LL2	1:10.17	1:08.38	1 Q	1 Q	1 Q

Notes and References

News: 2 February 2022. La sélection officielle pour les Jeux Paralympiques de Pékin. fr. Fédération Française Handisport. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202135533/https://france-paralympique.fr/actualite/la-selection-officielle-pour-les-jeux-paralympiques-de-pekin/ . 2022-02-02 . live. 11 February 2022.
News: Houston. Michael. 5 January 2022. French flagbearers for Beijing 2022 Paralympics to be decided by athletes only. InsideTheGames.biz. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220211/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1117447/france-flagbearer-beijing-2022 . 2022-02-11. live. 11 February 2022.
News: 1 February 2022. Sport Week: Ones to watch for Para Alpine Skiing. Paralympic.org. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220211/https://www.paralympic.org/feature/sport-week-ones-watch-para-alpine-skiing . 2022-02-11 . live. 11 February 2022.
Web site: Alpine Skiing Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220313113641/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/paralympic-games/static/pwg2022/pdf/PWG2022/ALP/PWG2022_ALP_B99_ALP-------------------------------.pdf . 13 March 2022 . 13 March 2022 . 2022 Winter Paralympics.
Web site: Biathlon Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220315045051/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/paralympic-games/static/pwg2022/pdf/PWG2022/BTH/PWG2022_BTH_B99_BTH-------------------------------.pdf . 15 March 2022 . 15 March 2022 . 2022 Winter Paralympics.
Web site: Cross-country Skiing Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220313113902/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/paralympic-games/static/pwg2022/pdf/PWG2022/CCS/PWG2022_CCS_B99_CCS-------------------------------.pdf . 13 March 2022 . 15 March 2022 . 2022 Winter Paralympics.
Web site: Snowboarding Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220312054847/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/paralympic-games/static/pwg2022/pdf/PWG2022/SBD/PWG2022_SBD_B99_SBD-------------------------------.pdf . 12 March 2022 . 12 March 2022 . 2022 Winter Paralympics.