Dimitri Pavadé
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| Nationality | French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 August 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | long jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Athle 632 Tournefeuille | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Remi Magro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dimitri Pavadé (born 14 August 1989) is a French para-athlete who specializes in long jump. Born and raised on the island of Réunion, he represented France at the 2020 and 2024 Paralympics.
Career
[edit]Pavadé represented France in the men's long jump T64 event at the 2020 Paralympics and won a silver medal.[1] He also represented France in the same event at the 2024 Paralympics, coming in fourth.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Pavadé's right leg was amputated at the age of eighteen after a work accident. He was working on the docks in Réunion when a forklift truck, weighing 18 tonnes, rolled over his leg.[3]
During the 2024 Paralympics, after competing he came out as gay publicly.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dimitri Pavadé". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ a b Zeigler, Cyd. "Gay Paralympian Dimitri Pavade comes out at Paris Paralympics". OutSports.
- ^ "Dimitri Pavade". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- Dimitri Pavadé at the International Paralympic Committee
- Dimitri Pavadé at Équipe de France (in French)
- Dimitri Pavadé at France Paralympique (in French)
- Dimitri Pavadé on Instagram
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- 1989 births
- 20th-century French sportsmen
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- French gay sportsmen
- French male long jumpers
- Living people
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships
- Paralympic athletes for France
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Paralympic silver medalists for France
- Sportsmen from Réunion
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- LGBTQ people with disabilities
- French Paralympic medalist stubs