France at the Paralympics


France participated in the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome, and has taken part in every edition of the Summer and Winter Paralympics since then. France was the host country of the 1992 Winter Paralympics.
French athletes have won a total of 1,148 medals at the Paralympic Games, of which 385 is gold, placing France fourth on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table.
Among its most successful competitors is swimmer Béatrice Hess, winner of 20 gold medals.

Medal tallies

Summer Paralympics

Winter Paralympics

Multi-medalists

Summer Paralympics

Multiple medalists

This is a list of French athletes who have won at least three gold medals or five medals.
No.AthleteSportYearsGamesGenderGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Béatrice Hess1984 - 20046F205025
2Assia El Hannouni2004 - 20123F82010
3Pascal Pinard1992 - 20044M75618
4Claude Issorat1992 - 20044M74213
5Mustapha Badid1984 - 19964M6118
6Robert Citerne1988 - 20047M4239

Multi medals in a single Games

This is a list of French athletes who have won at least two gold medals in a single Games. Ordered categorically by gold medals earned, sports then year.
No.AthleteSportYearGenderGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Pascal Pinard1992M5128
2Assia El Hannouni2004F4004
3Mustapha Badid1988M4105
4Claude Issorat1996M3014

Multi medals in a single event

This is a list of French athletes who have won at least two gold medals in a single event at the Summer Paralympics. Ordered categorically by medals earned, sports then gold medals earned.
No.AthleteSportEventYearsGamesGenderGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Robert CiterneTeam épée1988-20047M3205
2Charles Tolle4x400m relay1996-20002M2002

Most appearances

This is a list of French athletes who have competed in four or more Summer Paralympic Games. Active athletes are in bold. Athletes who were under 15 years of age or over 40 years of age are in bold.
No.AthleteSportBirth YearGames YearsFirst/Last AgeGenderGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Robert Citerne19611988 - 2004 27 - 43M4239
2Béatrice Hess19611984 - 2004 22 - 42F205025
3Vincent Boury19691996 - 2012 30 - 43M1214
3Pierre Fairbank19712000 - 2016 29 - 45M1247
3Thu Kamkasomphou19672000 - 2016 33 - 49F2248

Winter Paralympics