Thomas Peyroton-Dartet
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| Born | 9 July 1985 Muret, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road track | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Peyroton-Dartet (born 9 July 1985) is a French para-cyclist.
Career
Peyroton-Dartet began competing at the age of thirteen.[1] He is the son of a police officer.[1]
In 2017, Peyroton-Dartet was the victim of a serious accident with a scooter while participating in the Tour de Tahiti.[1] Suffering from multiple facial fractures and a brain hematoma, he returned to competition seven months later. In 2021, he suffered another fall during training when he hit a car stopped in the middle of the road. Disabled by cerebellar ataxia, he continues to practice cycling and paracycling events.
Peyroton-Dartet was European road racing champion in 2022 and vice-world champion in 2023.[2][1] He joined the police in 2010, where he is part of the sports team.[1] He has qualified for the 2024 Paralympic Games in the road and track events in the C3 category.[3][2] and won
References
- ^ a b c d e Police Nationale. "Thomas Peyroton-Dartet, policier et paracycliste : contre-la-montre" (in French).
- ^ a b "Paris 2024 - Thomas Peyroton-Dartet, l'échappée belle". parismatch.com (in French). 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ^ à 11h40, Par Nicolas Goinard Le 1 janvier 2024 (2024-01-01). "Paris 2024 : Thomas le paracycliste, Reda le judoka… Qui sont ces policiers qui s'entraînent pour les JO ?". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-23.
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