France at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

France at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
IPC code	FRA
NPC	French Paralympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.handisport.org
in Sochi
Competitors	14 in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Vincent Gauthier-Manuel (opening) Marie Bochet (closing)
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 5 3 4 12
Winter Paralympics appearances
1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

France competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, held between 7–16 March 2014.^[1]

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1			Run 2			Final/Total
		Time	Diff	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank
Cédric Amafroi-Broisat	Super-G, standing	N/A						1:25.58	+4.66	10
	Combined, standing	54.64	+4.34	9	1:21.60	+3.21	7	2:16.24	+6.52	6
	Slalom, standing	DSQ
	Giant slalom, standing	DNF
Frédéric François	Downhill, sitting	N/A						DNF
	Super-G, sitting	N/A						1:25.07	+5.56	5
	Combined, sitting	DNF
	Slalom, sitting	58.62	+5.88	15	1:06.53	+7.10	11	2:05.15	+11.37	10
	Giant slalom, sitting	1:20.26	+2.16	6	1:14.71	+0.61	4	2:34.97	+2.24	5
Vincent Gauthier-Manuel	Downhill, standing	N/A						1:25.30	+0.95	03 !
	Super-G, standing	N/A						1:22.59	+1.67	4
	Combined, standing	DNF
	Slalom, standing	48.13	+0.44	2	52.11	+0.83	3	1:40.21	+1.27	02 !
	Giant slalom, standing	1:14.72	-	1	1:11.15	-	1	2:25.87	-	01 !
Jean-Yves Le Meur	Slalom, sitting	DNF
	Giant slalom, sitting	1:21.65	+3.55	9	1:15.82	+1.72	9	2:37.47	+4.74	9
Cyril Moré	Downhill, sitting	N/A						DNF
	Super-G, sitting	N/A						DNF
	Combined, sitting	DNF
	Slalom, sitting	56.93	+4.19	9	1:02.65	+3.22	8	1:59.58	+5.80	5
	Giant slalom, sitting	1:23.38	+5.28	13	1:17.48	+3.38	11	2:40.86	+8.13	11
Romain Riboud	Downhill, standing	N/A						1:29.20	+4.85	12
	Super-G, standing	N/A						1:25.03	+4.11	7
	Combined, standing	54.38	+4.08	7	DNF
	Slalom, standing	52.94	+5.25	12	DNF
	Giant slalom, standing	1:21.04	+6.32	10	1:16.42	+5.27	10	2:37.46	+11.59	11
Yohann Taberlet	Downhill, sitting	N/A						1:26.61	+2.81	7
	Super-G, sitting	N/A						DNF
	Combined, sitting	DNF
	Slalom, sitting	55.56	+2.82	4	1:02.24	+2.81	6	1:57.80	+4.02	5
	Giant slalom, sitting	1:19.75	+1.65	5	1:15.15	+1.05	7	2:34.90	+2.17	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1			Run 2			Final/Total
		Time	Diff	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank
Marie Bochet	Downhill, standing	N/A						1:30.72	-	01 !
	Super-G, standing	N/A						1:24.20	-	01 !
	Combined, standing	53.48	-	1	1:24.91	-	1	2:18.39	-	01 !
	Slalom, standing	DNF
	Giant slalom, standing	1:24.98	-	1	1:13.86	-	1	2:38.84	-	01 !
Solène Jambaqué	Downhill, standing	N/A						1:34.88	+4.16	4
	Super-G, standing	N/A						1:26.20	+2.00	02 !
	Combined, standing	DSQ
	Giant slalom, standing	1:27.71	+2.73	3	1:19.10	+5.24	5	2:46.81	+7.97	03 !

Snowboarding

Para-snowboarding is making its debut at the Winter Paralympics and it will be placed under the Alpine skiing program during the 2014 Games.

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cécile Hernandez-Cervellon	Snowboard cross	1:03.60	2	1:04.56	2	1:03.71	2	2:07.31	02 !

Biathlon

Men

Cross-country skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Semifinal		Final
		Real Time	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Real Time	Result	Rank
Thomas Clarion Guide: Julien Bourla	1km sprint classic, visually impaired	4:32.26	3:56.87	10	Did not qualify
	10km free, visually impaired	N/A					27:52.3	24:14.9	03 !
Benjamin Daviet	1km sprint classic, standing	4:04.08	3:44.55	6Q	4:10.3	4	Did not advance
	10km free, standing	N/A					27:19.4	25:08.2	8
Romain Rosique	1km sprint classic, sitting	2:43.26	2:33.46	22	Did not qualify
	10km free, sitting	N/A					36:01.4	33:51.7	13

Relay

Athletes	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Thomas Clarion Guide: Julien Bourla Benjamin Daviet	4 x 2.5km open relay	25:30.3	03 !

See also

• France at the Paralympics
• France at the 2014 Winter Olympics

References