Oristelle Marx (born 7 July 1971) is a former French

wheelchair tennis Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height and rackets are the same, but there are two major differences from pedestrian tennis: athletes use specially designed wheelchairs, a ...

player, she is a right-handed player. She competed in two

Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

and won two bronze medals in the doubles' events with

Arlette Racineux Arlette Racineux (born 2 March 1961) is a French wheelchair tennis player, she plays left-handed. Racineux is a two time bronze medalist in the Summer Paralympics; she won her first bronze medal in 1996 with Oristelle Marx and won her second br ...

. In 1986, Marx was involved in an accident in a gymnastics training centre which resulted in her

paraplegia Paraplegia, or paraparesis, is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. The word comes from Ionic Greek () "half-stricken". It is usually caused by spinal cord injury or a congenital condition that affects the neural ...

. She now works as a consultant trainer for

disability Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be Cognitive disability, cognitive, Developmental disability, dev ...

awareness.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marx, Oristelle 1971 births Living people Tennis players from Toulouse French female tennis players Wheelchair tennis players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in wheelchair tennis Paralympic bronze medalists for France Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for France People with paraplegia French wheelchair tennis players