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Maxime Valet

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Maxime Valet
Valet in 2016
Personal information
Born18 May 1987 (1987-05-18) (age 37)
Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
Sport
CountryFrance
SportWheelchair fencing
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Foil B
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Foil team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Foil team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Foil team

Maxime Valet (born 18 May 1987 in Toulouse) is a French wheelchair fencer.[1] He represented France at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won two medals: the bronze medal in the men's foil B event and the bronze medal in the men's team foil event.[1] He also won the bronze medal in the men's team foil event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

In 2009, Valet became paraplegic after falling into a hole at a construction site.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Maxime Valet". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Toulouse. Maxime Valet : Rio 2016 au bout du fleuret". LaDepeche.fr (in French). 1 March 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
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