Joël Jeannot Explained

Sport:Track and field, Road cycling
Disability Class:T54, H4
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Joël Jeannot (born 23 September 1965)[1] [2] is a male French Olympic wheelchair racer and handisport activist. From 2007 he started competing in handbikes, winning a lot of French championships as well as several world championships in para-cycling.

At the 2004 Olympic Games, he finished 7th in the demonstration sport of Men's 1,500 m wheelchair. He also participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics, where he took gold in the 10000 metre race and silver in the 4×400 metre relay. Four years earlier, at the 2000 Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the 4×400 metre relay.[3]

He has also won the wheelchair division of the London Marathon in 2003 in a record time,[4] and finished second in the Boston Marathon the following year.[5]

He won the 2003 World Championships in Athletics 1500 m event.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Official results book: Athletics . jobosport.nl . 26 September 2004 . 29 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191230015230/http://www.jobosport.nl/userfiles/documents/33.pdf . 30 December 2019 . live .
  2. Web site: Rio 2016 Paralympic Games - Official results book: Cycling Road . uci.org . 18 September 2016 . 29 December 2019.
  3. http://erea-joel-jeannot.fr/ E.R.E.A Joël Jeannot
  4. Web site: Jeannot sets London best . 2010-11-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080308111952/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/london_marathon_2003/2944343.stm . 2008-03-08 . live .
  5. Web site: Van Dyk sets world record in Boston's wheelchair division . 2010-11-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110622082601/http://www.projo.com/running/content/projo-20040419-wheelchair.13ef5a481.html . 2011-06-22 . live .
  6. http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=j/country=fra/athcode=185276/index.html IAAF profile