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Maxime Carabin

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Maxime Carabin
Personal information
NationalityBelgian
Born (2000-09-18) 18 September 2000 (age 24)
Liège, Belgium
Sport
SportParalympic athletics
Disability classT52
EventSprints
ClubRFC Liège
Coached byClaude Issorat
Medal record
Men's para-athletics
Representing  Belgium
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 100 m T52
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 400 m T52
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris 100m – T52
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris 400m – T52
Gold medal – first place 2024 Kobe 100m – T52
Gold medal – first place 2024 Kobe 400m – T52
Gold medal – first place 2024 Kobe 1500m – T52

Maxime Carabin (born 18 September 2000) is a Belgian wheelchair racer and para athlete from Liège. He is current Paralympic champion in the 100 metres and 400 metres in the T52 racing division and is also five-time world champion and world record holder in the men's 100,[1] 200[2][3] and 400 metres[4] sprint.

Personal history

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Carabin was born in the city of Liège in 2000, and while playing a handball match in November 2019, suffered a freak accident, resulting in the loss of function of both his legs and hands. After attempting and rejecting hand-bike racing (too complicated) and para-swimming (too solitary), he took up wheelchair para-athletics and set his focus on the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, France.[5][6][7] Together with his entourage, in July 2023, he set up the non-profit "Wheeler Forever" with the stated goal of promoting and facilitating access to wheelchair para-athletics.[8]

Athletics career

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After being classified as a T52 athlete, Carabin appeared at his first major international competition when he represented Belgium at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris, France where he won the gold medal in both 100 and 400 metres sprints.[4][9]

The following year at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan, Carabin went one better with a hat-trick of golds, doing a repeat in the 100 and 400 metres,[10][11] adding a third by also winning the 1500 metres setting championship records in all three events.[12]

Carabin went on to take gold in both the men's 100 metres and 400 metres at the Paralympic Games in Paris.[13][14]

Carabin broke Tomoki Sato's Paralympic record of 55.39 to win his 400 metres semi-final in a time of 54.48,[15] before clocking 55.10 seconds to take gold ahead of outgoing champion Sato in second, and fellow Japanese racer Tomoya Ito in third.[14][16][17]

A week later, Carabin won his 100 metres semi-final in 16.21 seconds, bettering Raymond Martin's Paralympic record from 2012 of 16.79,[18][19] claiming his second title of the week by winning the final in 16.70 seconds, ahead of Britain's Marcus Perrineau-Daley and Sato.[13][20][21]

Awards

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Belgian Paralympic Athlete of the Year (2023)[22]

References

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  1. ^ "DEUX NOUVEAUX RECORDS DU MONDE EN ATHLÉTISME À DUBAÏ" (in French). www.paralympic.be. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  2. ^ "LE SPRINTEUR EN FAUTEUIL MAXIME CARABIN BAT LE RECORD DU MONDE DU 200M" (in French). www.paralympic.be. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  3. ^ "NOUVEAU RECORD DU MONDE POUR MAXIME CARABIN SUR 200M" (in French). www.paralympic.be. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b "MAXIME CARABIN EST CHAMPION DU MONDE SUR 400M À PARIS" (in French). www.paralympic.be. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Jeux paralympiques 2024 : Maxime Carabin, les roues de la résilience" (in French). www.lesoir.be. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  6. ^ "L'ex-handballeur Maxime CARABIN vise les J.O. de 2024" (in French). www.visemagazine.be. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Carabin Maxime Étincelle (2023)" (in French). Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Maxime Carabin et sa famille lancent l'ASBL "Wheeler Forever" destinée au sport en chaise!" (in French). www.sudinfo.be. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Paris 23: Sunday best for Carabin, Legnante and Rodriguez". www.paralympic.org. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Kobe 2024: Double delight for Blackwell, Ekler, Jong and Xiaoyan". www.paralympic.org. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Kobe 2024: Hat-trick of golds for Uzbekistan, 16th world title for Cockroft". www.paralympic.org. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Kobe 2024: China lead super Saturday with three world records to finish on top". www.paralympic.org. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  13. ^ a b "Men's 100m - T52 Final - Para Athletics". Olympics.com. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Men's 400m - T52 Final - Para Athletics". Olympics.com. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  15. ^ "Men's 400m - T52 Round 1 - Para Athletics". Olympics.com. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  16. ^ "GOUD! Rolstoelsprinter Maxime Carabin maakt op magistrale wijze favorietenrol waar op de 400 meter - "Magnifiek" (GOLD! Wheelchair sprinter Maxime Carabin masterfully lives up to his role as favourite in the 400 meters - "Magnificent")". Sporza (in Dutch). 30 August 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  17. ^ "Maxime Carabin maakt favorietenrol waar: rolstoelsprinter pakt paralympisch goud op de 400 meter (Maxime Carabin lives up to his role as favourite: wheelchair sprinter wins Paralympic gold in the 400 metres")". VRT nws (in Dutch). 30 August 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  18. ^ "Men's 100m - T52 Round 1 - Para Athletics". Olympics.com. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  19. ^ "Léa Bayekula triomfeert op de 400 meter, Carabin schiet in paralympisch record naar 100m-finale (Léa Bayekula triumphs in 400m, Carabin shoots into Paralympic record in 100m final)". Sporza (in Dutch). 6 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  20. ^ "Tweede keer GOUD voor Maxime Carabin! Hij schiet nu ook raak op de 100 meter: "Alles wat nog ontbrak, heb ik afgevinkt" (Second GOLD for Maxime Carabin! He now also hits the mark on the 100 meters: "I've ticked off everything that was still missing")". Sporza (in Dutch). 6 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  21. ^ "Belgische rolstoelsprinters schitteren op de 100 meter: Maxime Carabin knalt naar GOUD, Peter Genyn verovert ZILVER (Belgian wheelchair sprinters shine in the 100 metres: Maxime Carabin blasts to GOLD, Peter Genyn conquers SILVER)". Sporza (in Dutch). 6 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  22. ^ "Maxime Carabin est l'athlète paralympique belge de l'année : "Une grosse motivation et reconnaissance"". www.dhnet.be. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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