France at the 2014 Winter Paralympics explained

Npc:	FRA
Npcname:	French Paralympic and Sports Committee
Games:	Winter Paralympics
Year:	2014
Location:	Sochi
Competitors:	14
Sports:	3
Flagbearer:	Vincent Gauthier-Manuel (opening) Marie Bochet (closing)
Rank:	5
Gold:	5
Silver:	3
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto

France competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, held between 7–16 March 2014.^[1]

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1			Run 2			Final/Total
		Time	Diff	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank
Cédric Amafroi-Broisat	Super-G, standing	1:25.58	+4.66	10
	Combined, standing	54.64	+4.34	9	1:21.60	+3.21	7	2:16.24	+6.52	6
	Slalom, standing	DSQ
	Giant slalom, standing	DNF
Frédéric François	Downhill, sitting	DNF
	Super-G, sitting	1:25.07	+5.56	5
	Combined, sitting	DNF
	Slalom, sitting	58.62	+5.88	15	1:06.53	+7.10	11	2:05.15	+11.37	10
	Giant slalom, sitting	1:20.26	+2.16	6	1:14.71	+0.61	4	2:34.97	+2.24	5
Vincent Gauthier-Manuel	Downhill, standing	1:25.30	+0.95
	Super-G, standing	1:22.59	+1.67	4
	Combined, standing	DNF
	Slalom, standing	48.13	+0.44	2	52.11	+0.83	3	1:40.21	+1.27
	Giant slalom, standing	1:14.72	align="center"	-	1	1:11.15	align="center"	-	1	2:25.87	align="center"	-
Jean-Yves Le Meur	Slalom, sitting	DNF
	Giant slalom, sitting	1:21.65	+3.55	9	1:15.82	+1.72	9	2:37.47	+4.74	9
Cyril Moré	Downhill, sitting	DNF
	Super-G, sitting	DNF
	Combined, sitting	DNF
	Slalom, sitting	56.93	+4.19	9	1:02.65	+3.22	8	1:59.58	+5.80	5
	Giant slalom, sitting	1:23.38	+5.28	13	1:17.48	+3.38	11	2:40.86	+8.13	11
Romain Riboud	Downhill, standing	1:29.20	+4.85	12
	Super-G, standing	1:25.03	+4.11	7
	Combined, standing	54.38	+4.08	7	DNF
	Slalom, standing	52.94	+5.25	12	DNF
	Giant slalom, standing	1:21.04	+6.32	10	1:16.42	+5.27	10	2:37.46	+11.59	11
Yohann Taberlet	Downhill, sitting	1:26.61	+2.81	7
	Super-G, sitting	DNF
	Combined, sitting	DNF
	Slalom, sitting	55.56	+2.82	4	1:02.24	+2.81	6	1:57.80	+4.02	5
	Giant slalom, sitting	1:19.75	+1.65	5	1:15.15	+1.05	7	2:34.90	+2.17	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1			Run 2			Final/Total
		Time	Diff	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank
Marie Bochet	Downhill, standing	1:30.72	align="center"	-
	Super-G, standing	1:24.20	align="center"	-
	Combined, standing	53.48	align="center"	-	1	1:24.91	align="center"	-	1	2:18.39	align="center"	-
	Slalom, standing	DNF
	Giant slalom, standing	1:24.98	align="center"	-	1	1:13.86	align="center"	-	1	2:38.84	align="center"	-
Solène Jambaqué	Downhill, standing	1:34.88	+4.16	4
	Super-G, standing	1:26.20	+2.00
	Combined, standing	DSQ
	Giant slalom, standing	1:27.71	+2.73	3	1:19.10	+5.24	5	2:46.81	+7.97

Snowboarding

Para-snowboarding is making its debut at the Winter Paralympics and it will be placed under the Alpine skiing program during the 2014 Games.

Men

Women

Biathlon

Men

Athlete	Events	Final
		Real Time	Calculated Time	Missed Shots	Result	Rank
Thomas Clarion Guide Julien Bourla	7.5km, visually impaired	30:04.3	26:09.7	2+5	26:09.7	15
Benjamin Daviet	7.5km, standing	21:14.5	19:32.5	0+1	19:32.5	7
	12.5km, standing	34:47.8	32:00.8	1+0+2+0	32:00.8	9
Romain Rosique	7.5km, sitting	26:01.9	24:28.2	0+0	24:28.2	16
	15km, sitting	51:25.8	49:20.7	0+0+0+1	49:20.7	14

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Semifinal		Final
		Real Time	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Real Time	Result	Rank
Thomas Clarion Guide Julien Bourla	1km sprint classic, visually impaired	4:32.26	3:56.87	10	did not qualify
	10km free, visually impaired	27:52.3	24:14.9
Benjamin Daviet	1km sprint classic, standing	4:04.08	3:44.55	6Q	4:10.3	4	did not advance
	10km free, standing	27:19.4	25:08.2	8
Romain Rosique	1km sprint classic, sitting	2:43.26	2:33.46	22	did not qualify
	10km free, sitting	36:01.4	33:51.7	13

Relay

See also

• France at the Paralympics
• France at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletes - Sochi 2014 Paralympic winter Games . Sochi2014.com . 2014-02-17 . 16 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140216202406/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/paralympic/athletes-search . dead .