Sandra Forgues (born 22 December 1969, in Tarbes), formerly known as Wilfrid Forgues, is a French slalom canoeist who competed as a male athlete from the late 1980s to the early 2000s (decade). In 2018, Forgues revealed publicly her identity as a trans woman.[1]
Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won two medals in the C2 event with a gold in 1996 and a bronze in 1992.
Forgues also won four medals in the C2 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (1991, 1997), a silver (1995), and a bronze (1993). She earned 5 more medals in the C2 team event (2 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze).
Forgues won the World Cup series in C2 in 1996 and 1997. She also won a silver medal in the C2 event at the 2000 European Championships.
Her partner in the boat throughout the whole of her career was Frank Adisson.[2]
Total | ||||
C2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event | |
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1990 | 1 July 1990 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | C2 | |
1990 | 3rd | C2 | |||
11 August 1990 | 3rd | C2 | |||
1991 | 11 July 1991 | 3rd | C2 | ||
1992 | 31 May 1992 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | C2 | |
1993 | 18 July 1993 | 3rd | C2 | ||
25 July 1993 | 3rd | C2 | |||
21 August 1993 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | C2 | ||
1994 | 26 June 1994 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | C2 | |
18 September 1994 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | C2 | ||
1995 | 9 July 1995 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | C2 | |
16 July 1995 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | C2 | ||
1996 | 21 April 1996 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | C2 | |
16 June 1996 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | C2 | ||
29 September 1996 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | C2 | ||
1997 | 22 June 1997 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | C2 | |
29 June 1997 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | C2 | ||
28 July 1997 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | C2 | ||
1998 | 21 June 1998 | 3rd | C2 | ||
28 June 1998 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | C2 | ||
1999 | 3 October 1999 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | C2 | |
2000 | 30 April 2000 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | C2 | |
2 July 2000 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | C2 |