France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

participated in the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in

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, and has taken part in every edition of the Summer and Winter Paralympics since then. France was the host country of the

1992 Winter Paralympics The 1992 Winter Paralympics (french: Jeux paralympiques d'hiver de 1992) were the fifth Winter Paralympics. They were the first Winter Paralympics to be celebrated with the International Olympic Committee cooperation. They were also the first ...

. French athletes have won a total of 1,263 medals at the Paralympic Games, of which 416 is gold, placing France fourth on the

all-time Paralympic Games medal table An all-time medal table for all Paralympic Games from 1960 to 2020. The International Paralympic Committee does not publish all-time tables, and publishes unofficial tables only per single Games. This table was thus compiled by adding up single e ...

. Among its most successful competitors is swimmer

Béatrice Hess Béatrice Pierre Hess (born 10 November 1961 in Colmar) is a French Paralympic swimmer. The French newspaper ''L'Humanité'' has described her as "one of the best swimmers in the world",France at the Olympics The modern Olympic Games were founded by French historian Pierre de Coubertin, and France has competed in each edition (both Summer and Winter), with the possible exception of the 1904 Games (as sources disagree about whether athlete Albert Core ...

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