Impairment Information |
Type of Impairment |
Limb deficiency |
Origin of Impairment |
Acquired |
Classification |
SB-LL1 |
Further Personal Information |
Family |
Sons Anthony and Loan |
Occupation |
Sports Administrator |
Languages |
French |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He took up snowboarding in the years following his accident. |
Why this sport? |
He was initially invited to begin Para skiing. However, he was more interested in snowboarding because he felt it was more similar to his passion of rollerblading. He then became involved in the design and production of a prosthesis that would allow him to take part in both sports. He achieved this in 2006, and as a result is seen as something of a pioneer in the discipline. |
Club / Team |
Association Nicoise d'Initiatives Culturelles et Sportives [ANICES]: France |
Senior International Debut |
Year |
2011 |
Competing for |
France |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Pat, Patou (sports.nice.fr, 02 Feb 2016) |
Hobbies |
Mountain biking, rollerblading. (sports.nice.fr, 02 Feb 2016) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Snowboarding for the first time with an effective prosthesis. (sports.nice.fr, 02 Feb 2016) |
Most influential person in career |
Coach William Renan. (Athlete, 20 Nov 2013) |
Hero / Idol |
US snowboarder Jeremy Jones. (Athlete, 20 Nov 2013) |
Injuries |
He has sustained shoulder injuries during his career. (Athlete, 20 Nov 2013) |
Impairment |
At age 29 his left leg was amputated above the knee after a motorcycle accident in Corsica, France. (sports.nice.fr, 02 Feb 2016; alpes-et-midi.fr, 09 Feb 2012) |
Other information |
OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has served as director of the Nicoise Association of Cultural and Sports Initiatives's [ANICES] Para snowboard department in France. (sports.nice.fr, 10 Oct 2017; anices.fr, 01 Mar 2018) |
