Maxime Valet
French wheelchair fencer (born 1987)
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Maxime Valet (born 18 May 1987 in Toulouse) is a French wheelchair fencer.[1] He represented France at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won two medals: the bronze medal in the men's foil B event and the bronze medal in the men's team foil event.[1] He also won the bronze medal in the men's team foil event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
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| Born | 18 May 1987 (age 38) Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | France | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair fencing | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 2009, Valet became paraplegic after falling into a hole at a construction site.[2]