Vincent Boury (born 21 June 1969 in

Colmar Colmar (, ; Alsatian: ' ; German during 1871–1918 and 1940–1945: ') is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), it is ...

"Quand le rêve olympique surpasse le handicap"
''Le Dauphiné'', 6 September 2008.) is a French

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player. He represented

France at the 2008 Summer Paralympics France sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. France sent 119 athletes, who competed in 13 sports: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, archery, Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, athletics, Cycling at the ...

, in class 2, and beat fellow French competitor Stéphane Molliens to win gold."Jeux Paralympiques : les pongistes français font le plein de médailles"
, RTL, 11 September 2008. He had previously won a silver medal at the

1996 Summer Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympic Games, Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games ...

, and a bronze at the 2000 Games. He has also been vice-world champion in 1998, 2002 and 2006, and won the team event at the 2002 World Cup. Boury works as a security engineer.

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