Emmanuel Lacroix

Emmanuel Lacroix (born 27 August 1968[1]) is a Paralympic athlete from France.

Emmanuel Lacroix
Medal record
Representing  France
Summer Paralympic Games
Men's para athletics
2000 Sydney 1500m – T46
1996 Atlanta 1500m – T44-46
1996 Atlanta 5000m – T44-46
2000 Sydney 4x400m – T46
2004 Athens 4x400m – T42-46
Men's para swimming
1988 Seoul 100m backstroke – A8
1988 Seoul 100m freestyle – A8
1988 Seoul 100m butterfly – A8
Winter Paralympic Games
Men's para biathlon
1998 Nagano 7.5km free technique – LW6/8

Biography

Emmanuel Lacroix is one of the few people to have competed in summer and winter paralympics multiple times. He began his paralympic career in 1988 in the swimming pool, competing in A8 classification races and winning a bronze in the 100m butterfly and silver in the 100m backstroke and freestyle races. He competed in 1992 in Barcelona but without success. For the next summer games in 1996 Lacroix changed to athletics and won a bronze in the T44-46 classification 1500m and 5000m races. In 2000 he ran the 5000m and marathon, winning a silver in the 1500m and a bronze as part of the French 4 × 400 m relay team. The 2004 Summer Paralympics brought a bronze in the 4 × 400 m.

In his first winter games, in 1994, he competed in the 7.5 km free technique LW5-8 biathlon and in cross-country skiing 10 km free, 5 km classical and 20 km classical technique for LW6/8. He again competed in 1998 Winter Paralympics where he won a bronze, in the 15 km free technique race for LW5/7, 6l8 as well as competing over 20 km and 5 km classical styles. His last paralympics was in 2006, in the 7.5 km and 12.5 km standing biathlon and the 5 km, 10 km and 20 km standing cross country skiing events.[2]

References
  2. profile on paralympic.org


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