Sandra Forgues (born 22 December 1969, in

Tarbes Tarbes (; Gascon: ''Tarba'') is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France. It is the capital of Bigorre and of the Hautes-Pyrénées. It has been a commune since 1790. It was known as ''Turba'' ...

), formerly known as Wilfrid Forgues, is a French slalom canoeist who competed as a male athlete from the late 1980s to the early 2000s (decade). In 2018, Forgues revealed publicly her identity as a

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. Competing in three

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, she won two medals in the C2 event with a gold in

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and a bronze in

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. Forgues also won four medals in the C2 event at the

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with two golds (

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), a silver (

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), and a bronze (

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). She earned 5 more medals in the C2 team event (2 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze). Forgues won the

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series in C2 in

and

. She also won a silver medal in the C2 event at the 2000 European Championships. Her partner in the boat throughout the whole of her career was

Frank Adisson Frank Adisson (born 24 July 1969, in Tarbes) is a French slalom canoeist. He competed from the late 1980s to the early 2000s, in three Summer Olympics. He won two medals in the C2 event with a gold medal in 1996 and a bronze medal in 1992. Fra ...

World Cup individual podiums

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* * Living people Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of France Olympic bronze medalists for France Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics 1969 births Sportspeople from Tarbes Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics French female canoeists Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships Transgender sportspeople Transgender women French LGBT sportspeople LGBT canoeists {{France-Olympic-medalist-stub