Rachel Lardière
Appearance
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Born | Sainte-Colombe, Rhône, France | 28 June 1970||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | France | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Paraplegia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | S7, SB5, SM6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | AS Handivienne, Vienne | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Yann Eric Fouille | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rachel Lardière (born 28 June 1970) is a French Paralympic swimmer who specialises in breaststroke at international level events. She previously practised judo, handball and artistic gymnastics before her accident. [1][2]
Lardière became an incomplete paraplegic in February 1988 following an accident with a pommel horse during a gymnastics training session. She has been using a wheelchair since the accident.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rachel Lardiere – IPC Profile". International Paralympic Committee. 3 May 2020.
- ^ "aujourd'hui – Ville de Vienne" (PDF). vienne.fr (in French). 19 March 2019.
- ^ "Rachel Lardiere, la sportive du mois de Novembre 2018". Association Sportive Handivienne (in French). 3 May 2020.
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[edit]Categories:
- 1970 births
- Living people
- People from Sainte-Colombe, Rhône
- Sportspeople from Rhône (department)
- Paralympic swimmers for France
- French female breaststroke swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Paralympic silver medalists for France
- S7-classified para swimmers
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
- 21st-century French sportswomen