Béatrice Pierre Hess (born 10 November 1961 in

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) is a French Paralympic

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. The French newspaper ''

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'' has described her as "one of the best swimmers in the world","Béatrice Hess : 'En soi, existe toujours un potentiel…'"
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'', October 28, 2000. Competing at the

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, Hess won four gold medals in

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, one in

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, six in

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, and seven in

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. She also broke nine world records at the 2000 Paralympics in

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."Hess strikes golden six"
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, and competes in the S5 disability classification.

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'' * 1961 births Living people Sportspeople from Colmar French female backstroke swimmers French female breaststroke swimmers French female butterfly swimmers French female freestyle swimmers French female medley swimmers Paralympic swimmers for France Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for France Paralympic silver medalists for France World record holders in paralympic swimming Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in swimming S5-classified para swimmers 20th-century French sportswomen 21st-century French sportswomen {{France-Paralympic-medalist-stub

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