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competed at the

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, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. Paris will host the

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, and due to that a French segment featured in the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Archery

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L 137-141 , colspan=5, Did not advance , - , align=left, Éric Pereira , 655 , 34 ,
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L 139-141 , colspan=3, Did not advance

Athletics

;Men's track ;Men's field ;Women's track ;Women's field

Badminton

;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Boccia

Cycling

Road

Track

Equestrian

Céline Gerny, Anne-Frédérique Royon, Vladimir Vinchon and Chiara Zenati have all qualified to compete at the Paralympics.

Football 5-a-side

;Team roster ;Group A ---- ---- ;Seventh place match

Judo

Paracanoeing

Nelia Barbosa, Rémy Boulle and

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have qualified to compete at the Paralympics in the paracanoe.

Rowing

France qualified three boats for each of the rowing classes into the Paralympic regatta. All of them qualified after successfully entering the top seven for women's single sculls events and top eight for mixed events at the

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. Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting

France entered eight shooters, all male, into the Paralympic competition.

Swimming

France have qualified three swimmers to compete in swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics via the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships slot allocation method & six swimmer via MQS. ;Men ;Women

Table tennis

France entered eleven athletes into the table tennis competition at the games.

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qualified from the 2019 ITTF European Championships which was held in

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and nine other athletes qualified via World Ranking allocation. ;Men ;Women

Taekwondo

France qualified two athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. All of them are confirmed to compete after entered top six in world ranking.

Wheelchair rugby

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qualified for the Games for the games by finishing top two at the 2020 Qualification Tournament in

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. ;Team roster * Team event – 1 team of 12 players ;Group stage ---- ---- ;Fifth place Match

Wheelchair tennis

France qualified seven players entries for wheelchair tennis. Six of them qualified by the world rankings, while one of them qualified by received the bipartite commission invitation allocation quotas.

References

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