Maxime Valet (born 18 May 1987 in
Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...
) is a French
wheelchair fencer.
He
represented France at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
)
, nations = 159
, athletes = 4,342
, opening = 7 September
, closing = 18 September
, opened_by = President Michel Temer
, cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva
, events = 528 in 22 sports
, stadium = Maracanã
, sum ...
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.
He also won the bronze medal in the men's team foil event at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...
held in Tokyo, Japan.
In 2009, Valet became paraplegic after falling into a hole at a construction site.
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1987 births
Living people
French male foil fencers
Paralympic wheelchair fencers for France
Paralympic bronze medalists for France
Paralympic medalists in wheelchair fencing
Wheelchair fencers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Wheelchair fencers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Sportspeople from Toulouse
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