Cécile Hernandez Explained

Cécile Hernandez
Birth Date:20 June 1974
Birth Place:Perpignan, France
Nationality:French

Cécile Hernandez is a French para-snowboarder and four-time Paralympic medallist, with a gold medal from Beijing 2022, a silver medal from Sochi 2014 and both a silver and a bronze from PyeongChang 2018. She competes for the teams French: [[Les Angles, Pyrénées-Orientales|Les Angles]]|italic=no and French: [[France Douanes]]|italic=no,[1] [2] as well as the French national Paralympic team; outside sport, she is a customs officer journalist and writer.[1] [2]

Life and career

Hernandez began her sporting career as a BMX racer in international competition[1] [3] before discovering snowboarding. On 21 October 2002 she experienced an attack of multiple sclerosis that paralysed her legs for two months.[3] [4] [5] As a result, she stopped sport and took refuge in writing, publishing two books for French: [[Éditions du Rocher]]|italic=no and working for Europe 1 (from 2011) and French: [[Le Figaro]]|italic=yes from 2012, covering the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.

In May 2012, Hernandez arranged an endurance race for both disabled and able-bodied athletes, travelling from Lyon to Bordeaux by bicycle and kayak.[3] Then, in 2013, when she happened to try snowboarding again in the French Alps, she was spotted by a member of the French para-snowboarding team.[3] She was selected for the Paralympic snowboarding team for the Sochi Games in February 2014, with just over a month to prepare, but was encouraged by her performance at the World Para Snowboard World Cup the previous month.[3] She won a silver Paralympic medal at Sochi, with a snowboard cross time of 2:07.31,[1] and was named a knight of the National Order of Merit by then-president François Hollande in June 2014.[1]

In the 2014–15 season, Hernandez won the grand slam with all stages of the World Para Snowboard World Cup in both snowboard cross and banked slalom; leading her first full season gained her a Crystal Globe and she ended the season at La Molina crowned world champion in banked slalom and with a silver medal in snowboard cross.[6] In 2015–16, still competing for the French: [[Les Angles, Pyrénées-Orientales|Les Angles]]|italic=no team, she won 10 races in the European and World Cups and 2 further Crystal Globes — a French: gros globe for leading the World Para Snowboard rankings and a French: petit globe for first place in the banked slalom — as well as the silver medal for snowboard cross.[7]

On 4 February 2017 at Big White, she won another silver medal in snowboard cross,[8] winning the banked slalom silver 3 days later.[9] At the end of the 2016–17 season the following month, with 7 spots on the podium, including 5 victories, she won a third French: gros globe and both French: petits globes for snowboard cross and banked slalom.[10]

She joined the French: [[France Douanes]]|italic=no team on 20 January 2017 with the aim of travelling to PyeongChang as a part of the French Paralympic team for the 2018 Winter games,[11] [2] where she won bronze in the snowboard cross[12] and silver in the banked slalom.[13]

She won the silver medal in the women's dual banked slalom SB-LL1 event at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships held in Lillehammer, Norway.[14] [15] She also won the gold medal in the women's snowboard cross SB-LL1 event.[16] [17]

Hernandez is classified as a SB-LL1 snowboarder. Hernandez learned days before her competition at the 2022 Winter Paralympics that she was allowed to compete.[18] This was previously not permitted as there are no SB-LL1 events for female snowboarders in the snowboarding programme.[19] [20] She won the gold medal in the women's snowboard cross SB-LL2 event.[21] [22] She also competed in the women's banked slalom SB-LL2 event.[22]

Personal life

Hernandez is married, to Frédéric, with a daughter, Victoire-Eléonore.[23]

Works

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athlete bio: HERNANDEZ-CERVELLON Cecile . . 17 March 2018 . 17 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180317102417/https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=-1&personid=1242147&wintergames=-1&refreshauto=1 . dead .
  2. Web site: Top départ pour les Jeux Paralympiques avec l'Équipe France Douane . Starting signal for the Paralympic Games with the French Customs team . . 7 March 2018 . 17 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180308165202/http://www.douane.gouv.fr/articles/a14712-top-depart-pour-les-jeux-paralympiques-avec-l-equipe-france-douane . 8 March 2018 . dead .
  3. News: Cécile Hernandez-Cervellon : "La maladie m'a forgé un mental de guerrière" . Cécile Hernandez-Cervellon: 'The illness gave me a warrior mentality' . . 20 December 2016 . 16 March 2018 . fr .
  4. Web site: Athlete Profile: Cecile HERNANDEZ . . 2018-03-13 . 14 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180314043216/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/PWG2018/en/snowboard/athlete-profile-n3092213-cecile-hernandez.htm . dead .
  5. News: 3 Athletes With Multiple Sclerosis to Watch for at the Paralympics . The Mighty . 2018-03-13 .
  6. News: Snowboard: deux médailles, dont un titre pour Cécile . Snowboard: 2 medals, including a title for Cécile . . 10 March 2015 . 17 March 2018 . fr .
  7. News: Bilan 2016 : 7 globes et 28 victoires Coupe de Monde pour Les Bleus . 2016 total: 7 globes and 28 World Cup victories for Les Bleus . . 4 April 2016 . 17 March 2018 . fr . 16 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180316023038/http://www.ski-handisport.org/bilan-2016-7-globes-et-28-victoires-coupe-du-monde-pour-les-bleus/ . dead .
  8. News: Cécile Hernandez et Maxime Montaggioni vice-champions du monde en snowboard cross . Cécile Hernandez and Maxime Montaggioni World Vice-Champions in snowboard cross . . 5 February 2017 . 17 March 2018 . fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20180311140858/https://www.coeurhandisport.fr/ski/29225f2392fe99d09f9e4747c8c17070.php . 11 March 2018 . dead .
  9. News: Maxime Montaggioni champion du monde en banked slalom Cécile Hernandez en argent . Maxime Montaggioni World Champion in banked slalom, Cécile Hernandez wins silver . . 8 February 2017 . 17 March 2018 . fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20180311140812/https://www.coeurhandisport.fr/ski/1b901582cc1b1280a8dd077775f962b8.php . 11 March 2018 . dead .
  10. News: CdM : triple globe de cristal pour Cécile Hernandez en snowboard . World Cup: Crystal Globe triple for Cécile Hernandez in snowboard . . 22 March 2017 . 17 March 2018 . fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20180316153234/https://www.coeurhandisport.fr/ski/1b909dffb357298facef05f92e22b751.php . 16 March 2018 . dead .
  11. Web site: Cécile Hernandez (parasnowboard) . . 20 January 2017 . 17 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180308165152/http://www.douane.gouv.fr/articles/a13159-cecile-hernandez-parasnowboard . 8 March 2018 . dead .
  12. Web site: Medals and Ranking — Women's Snowboard Cross SB-LL1 . . 12 March 2018 . 16 March 2018 . 17 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180317164817/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/PWG2018/en/snowboard/medals-and-ranking-women-s-snowboard-cross-sb-ll1.htm . dead .
  13. Web site: Medals and Ranking — Women's Banked Slalom SB-LL1 . . 16 March 2018 . 16 March 2018 . 17 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180317164839/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/PWG2018/en/snowboard/medals-and-ranking-women-s-banked-slalom-sb-ll1.htm . dead .
  14. News: 14 January 2022. Lisa Bunschoten trails, falls, recovers and wins third straight world title. Paralympic.org. 15 January 2022.
  15. News: Houston. Michael. 14 January 2022. United States win three snowboard golds at World Para Snow Sports Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 15 January 2022.
  16. News: 21 January 2022. Canada's Tyler Turner beats 'best of the best' for first World Championships gold. 21 January 2022.
  17. News: Burke. Patrick. 21 January 2022. Pedersen clinches third gold of World Para Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer. InsideTheGames.biz. 21 January 2022.
  18. News: 7 March 2022 . Legal fight won, Hernandez and Huckaby enjoy success on the snow . Reuters . 7 March 2022.
  19. News: 20 January 2022. Winter Paralympics: Para-snowboarders 'too disabled' for Games win battle to compete. BBC Sport. 26 January 2022.
  20. News: Burke. Patrick. 6 March 2022. Hernandez and Huckaby lead women's SB-LL2 snowboard cross qualifying at Beijing 2022. InsideTheGames.biz. 6 March 2022.
  21. News: Burke. Patrick. 7 March 2022. Hernandez takes snowboard cross gold at Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics. InsideTheGames.biz. 7 March 2022.
  22. Web site: Snowboarding Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220312054847/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/paralympic-games/static/pwg2022/pdf/PWG2022/SBD/PWG2022_SBD_B99_SBD-------------------------------.pdf . 12 March 2022 . 12 March 2022 . 2022 Winter Paralympics.
  23. News: Maman et handicap : Cécile, mère extra ordinaire . A mother and disabled: Cécile, an extra ordinary mother . . 5 January 2010 . 17 March 2018 .

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