Yannick Bourseaux (born 18 February 1975) is a French competitor in Paralympic

biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not tim ...

, cross-country skiing and

paratriathlon Para triathlon is a variant of the triathlon for athletes with a physical disability. The sport is governed by World Triathlon (TRI) (formerly known as ITU), and was first held as a Paralympic event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, ...

. Before the accident that paralysed his arm, he was an elite able-bodied triathlete on the French National triathlon team. Bourseaux competed in biathlon and cross-country skiing in the Torino (2006) and Vancouver (2010) Winter Paralympics but did not win any medals. He won the TRI 4 (arm impairment) paratriathlon title at the

ITU Triathlon World Championships The World Triathlon Championship Series is World Triathlon's annual series of triathlon events used to crown an annual world champion since 2008. There are multiple rounds of competitions culminating in a Grand Final race. Athletes compete head- ...

in 2011 and 2012 and came second to Paralympic swimmer Martin Schultz in 2013. After defending his TRI 4 title at the 2012 ITU Paratriathlon World Championships, Bourseaux was named

International Paralympic Committee The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; german: Internationales Paralympisches Komitee) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and fun ...

"Athlete of the Month".

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bourseaux, Yannick 1975 births Living people French male biathletes French male triathletes Paralympic biathletes for France Paralympic cross-country skiers for France Paralympic triathletes for France Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Paralympics Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics People from Montluçon Sportspeople from Allier 20th-century French people 21st-century French people