IPC code FRA Competitors 119 in 13 sports | Website www.handisport.org Flag bearer Assia El'Hannouni | |
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NPC French Paralympic and Sports Committee Medals
Ranked 12th Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
12
21
19
52 | ||
France sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. France sent 119 athletes, who competed in 13 sports: athletics, rowing, cycling, equestrian, wheelchair fencing, powerlifting, judo, swimming, table tennis, wheelchair tennis, shooting, archery and sailing. The country's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony was Assia El'Hannouni, who won four gold medals at the Athens Paralympics.
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Athletics
France had twenty-six competitors in athletics.
Sailing
French athletes competed in the following events in sailing:
Swimming
France had twelve competitors in swimming.
References
France at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA