Delphine bernard championne d escrime handisport
Life
Delphine Bernard (14 May 1986, Quimper, Brittany, France) is a wheelchair fencing disabled, practising in fencing three categories, foil, épée and sabre.
Contents
- Delphine bernard championne d escrime handisport
- Life
- Sports
- Extra sports Life
- Style
- Paralympics games
- World Cup
- Europe Cup
- France Cup
- Articles
- References
She started fencing in 2007, after meeting Serge Laher, who became her master of arms at Quimper club Cornouaille, in Finistère until 2013, when she left to Toulouse University Club (TUC), where she is directed by Brigitte Aragou.
Sports
Delphine Bernard finished her scientific Baccalaureate, Earth and life Sciences mention, at Kerneuzec high school, Quimperlé, in 2005. In 2009, she finishes her common studies so as to get her degree as a sports educator at Quimper.
In 2006, by chance, Delphine Bernard meets master Serge Laher, in an associations forum where she participated searching to practice sports in her own town. Mr. Laher teaches her fencing handisport, paralympic domain open to motor handicapped people since 1960. She started practicing in 2007. Under Mr. Laher direction, she participates at the World Cup, then in 2012, she gets the fifth place at the foil tournament 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. She goes afterward to the 2013 Budapest World Cup.
In November 2013, she moves to Toulouse University Club (TUC), where she exercises with Brigitte Aragou direction. She had trained nine hours a week under Serge Laher direction at Quimper club. Now she trains four times a week at TUC, with normal and handicapped athletes. She also has personal training articulated with group training with her new master of arms, Brigitte Arago.
In 2014, she participates of the European Cup at Strasbourg, when she gets again a fifth place.
In February 2016, she is chosen, with her team mate Maxime Valet, fencing for the disabled at the 2016 Rio summer paralympic games.
Extra-sports Life
Delphine Bernard is a member of HOPE association, which aims to promote motor disabled people through competitions, as well as to help athletes who participate in paralympic games.
Style
Wheelchair fencing became a passion for her. She loves competitions and winning. Fencing needs one to be precise, alert, able to adapt quickly, but also to have a great observation capacity, quickness.
Delphine aims to develop sports in suc a way as to integrate handicapped people and promote a true "cultural revolution", according to her, in the world of sports.