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 {{France-fencing-bio-stub