Anaïs Vincent (born 31 March 2000) is a French Para-cyclist. She represented

France at the 2024 Summer Paralympics France is competing as the host nation of the 2024 Summer Paralympics in their capital Paris from 28 August to 8 September 2024. It is the first time that France will be hosting the Summer Paralympics, they have hosted the Winter Paralympics in Al ...

Career

Wibmer made her international debut for France in August 2023 at the

2023 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships The 2023 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships was the 12th edition of the World Championships for road cycling for athletes with a physical disability. The championships took place in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland from 9 to 14 August 2023 ...

and won bronze medals in the road race and time trial H3 events. Weeks later she then competed at the

2023 European Para Championships The 2023 European Para Championships were the first edition of the European Para Championships held between 8 and 20 August 2023 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Sports The following competitions took place: Venues Events will be held at the follow ...

cycling Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...

and won a gold medal in the mixed team relay H1–5, along with Johan Quaile, and Joseph Fritsch, and a bronze medal in the time trial H3 event. In September 2024, Wibmer represented France at the

2024 Summer Paralympics The 2024 Summer Paralympics (), also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (), and branded as Paris 2024, were the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event governed by the International P ...

and finished in fifth place in both the road race H1–4 and time trial H1–3 events. Weeks later, she then competed at the

2024 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships The 2024 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships was the 13th edition of World Championships for road cycling for athletes with a physical disability. The championships took place in Zurich, Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swis ...

and won a bronze medal in the time trial H3 event.

Personal life

On 6 March 2021, Vincent was pursuing a STAPS (Sciences and Techniques of Physical and Sports Activities) degree to become a teacher when she was involved in a cliff climbing accident near

Lake Bourget Lac du Bourget (; English Lake Bourget), also locally known as Lac Gris (; ) or Lac d'Aix (), is a lake at the southernmost end of the Jura Mountains in the department of Savoie, France. It is the deepest lake located entirely within France, and ...

. She fell 20 meters and landed on her back, damaging her C2 vertebrae and became a quadriplegic.

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* Living people 2000 births French female cyclists Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the European Para Championships Sportspeople from Montélimar Paralympic cyclists for France 21st-century French sportswomen {{France-cycling-bio-stub