The 19-year-old Frenchwoman is a para athlete in table tennis.
It was at the age of 13 that Flora Vautier was the victim of a car accident in 2015. A life-changing event. Paraplegic at the time, the athlete nevertheless hoped to walk again for two years before realizing that she would have to stay in a wheelchair. I don’t walk anymore, but I rollshe said with humor. ” I don’t feel disabled, I want to be able to do what I want. Like skydiving, for example.” she explains for France Télévisions.
“When I was little, My dream was to shine in GRS. After my accident, when I discovered table tennis, I told myself that I would do the Games. And I tell myself that a medal is not impossible” she says. It was completely by chance that she discovered table tennis during a meeting in her rehabilitation center with a former coach.Today, it’s my job, my daily life, my whole life.” Her track record already goes for her, in 2019 and 2022, she won a gold medal at the European Youth Games and a bronze medal in women’s doubles at the world championships in 2022. In 2023, she also became triple French champion in women’s doubles, mixed doubles and singles.