Tanguy de La Forest (born 21 April 1978) is a French Paralympic shooter. He won two medals at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, a silver in the 10 m air rifle standing SH1 event and a gold in the 10 m air rifle prone SH2 event.
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| Born | 21 April 1978 Rennes, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editTanguy de La Forest was born in Rennes on 21 April 1978.[1] At a young age, he was diagnosed with infantile spinal muscular atrophy and by the time he was ten years old, he had to use an electric wheelchair.[2] He discovered shooting at a very young age before starting sport shooting.[3]
Sporting career
editA member of the French Paralympic shooting team since 1998, La Forest participated in his first Paralympic Games in Athens in 2004, where he competed in the Mixed Air Rifle Standing SH2 and Mixed Air Rifle Prone SH2 events.
In 2014, La Forest won a bronze medal at the World Shooting Para Sport Championships.[3] La Forest won a gold medal at the 2022 World Shooting Para Sport Championships, in the Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 and Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH2 events.[4][5] La Forest competed in the 2024 Summer Paralympics, where is also a member of the board member of the Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.[6] On 30 August 2024, he won the silver medal at the 10 m air rifle standing SH1 event.[7] The following day, he won the gold medal in the 10 m air rifle prone SH2 event.[8]
Personal life
editProfessionally, La Forest created a recruitment firm “Défi RH” in 2006, specializing in the recruitment of disabled workers.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Tanguy de La Forest". Olympics.com. 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "Portrait of Tanguy de La Forest, a para-shooting champion sponsored by the Caisse d'Epargne Ile-de-France via the Performance Pact". Groupe BPCE. 8 April 2022.
- ^ a b "fiche du comité paralympique" (in French). French Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "R4 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 - Final Results" (PDF). SIUS. 8 November 2022.
- ^ "R9 - Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH2 - Final Results" (PDF). SIUS. 11 November 2022.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Paris 2024. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "Paris 2024: Focused Lekhara defends Paralympic gold, Tanguy finally gets first medal". paralympic.org. 30 August 2024.
- ^ "Après l'argent debout, l'or pour Tanguy De la Forest au tir à la carabine couché 10 m aux Jeux Paralympiques de Paris 2024". lequipe.fr. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "vie privée et professionnelle". declicetaudace.com (in French).