The Frenchman is one of the big medal chances for these Paralympic Games.
Frenchman Tanguy de La Forest has participated in every Paralympic Games since Athens in 2004. An incredible regularity for the current world number 1. His best ranking at the Games is a 4th place in 2016 in Rio. However, he is a five-time world champion, including in 2023 with a score of 255.5 points in 10-meter rifle, a record Achieved since the birth of a neuromuscular disease, the Frenchman created the firm Défi RH, specialized in the recruitment of disabled workers
Why para shooting?
“I discovered shooting at a fair, I was seven years old. I won the competition and I was immediately hooked. The fact that I won despite my disability certainly played a role. Because I loved sport and shooting allowed me to do it. So it was this sport that chose me as much as I chose it. I then joined a club in Rennes where I lived, Du Guesclin. There, I shot with the able-bodied, there were a lot of young people, I loved it. And I started to perform” explained the Frenchman in an interview for the BCE group.