Thomas Clarion
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Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Sallanches, France | March 15, 1982||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paralympic Nordic skiing (Paralympic cross-country skiing and Paralympic biathlon) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | B1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Antoine Bollet (guide) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thomas Clarion (born 15 March 1982) is a French male visually impaired cross-country skier and biathlete who is also well known as a physiotherapist.[1] He has competed at the Winter Paralympics in 2010, 2014 and 2018.[2]
Career
Thomas Clarion competed in his first Paralympic event in 2010 and went medalless during the competition. He claimed 2 bronze medals at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in the men's 10km cross-country skiing event and 4 x 2.5 km relay open event.[3]
He went onto represent France at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, his third Paralympic event and managed to claim a bronze medal in the men's 20km free visually impaired cross-country skiing event which was also his third Paralympic medal.[4][5][6] He claimed his first Paralympic gold medal during the 2018 Winter Paralympics after winning the men's 4 x 2.5 km relay open team event for France along with other members including Benjamin Daviet and Anthony Chalençon.[7]
References
- ↑ "Thomas Clarion's reasons to be successful in Paralympic Nordic skiing". Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- ↑ "Cross-Country Skiing | Athlete Profile: Thomas CLARION - Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- ↑ "Thomas Clarion". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- ↑ "Thomas Clarion | Paralympic bio". Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- ↑ "Cross-Country Skiing | Results Men's 20km Free, Visually Impaired - Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- ↑ "Jeux paralympiques 2018 : trois médailles françaises décrochées lundi". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- ↑ "Cross-Country Skiing | Results 4x2.5km Open Relay - Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Retrieved 2018-03-18.