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Biography
Impairment information
Classification
LW12-1
Further personal information
Family
Daughter Lise [2013]
Residence
Eaux-Bonnes, FRA
Languages
French
Higher education
University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour: France
Sport specific information
When and where did you begin this sport?
He was introduced to skiing as a child when his father took him to the nearby pistes of Gourette in the Pyrenees. As a teenager, he switched to snowboarding and "found a freedom that was missing in skiing".
Why this sport?
In 2005, four years after his accident, his friends, girlfriend and family convinced him to try skiing again. He learned of a ski monitor named Francois Laboissette who specialised in teaching people with paraplegia to ski. He was hesitant at first, thinking it could not compare to able-bodied skiing. "And how wrong I was. As soon as I was in the chair, Francois asked me, 'Do you really want to see what we can do in this thing?' and before I could respond we were off. Sensations of speed, the proximity to the snow at every turn.If this chair wasn't dedicated to people with disabilities, it could easily be a new alternative to skiing or snowboarding."
Name of coach
Michael Charriere [national], FRA
General interest
Other sports
Before his accident he competed in snowboarding, and was named 'Champion of Pyrenees Big Air' competition in 1999. (Loussaleznicolas.unblog.fr, 04 Jan 2011)
Impairment
In January 2001 a snowboarding accident resulted in paraplegia. "After a huge jump, I missed the landing and my legs, tired from the morning's action, couldn't keep me from falling back on a rock hidden underneath the fresh powder. I wanted to move my body to get out of the landing zone, but nothing happened." (Loussaleznicolas.unblog.fr, 04 Jan 2011)
Other information
PERSONAL LOSS
Several months before his accident he lost his father to cancer. (Loussaleznicolas.unblog.fr, 04 Jan 2011)
TEACHER
He is a qualified maths teacher and has taught at high school level in France. (larepubliquedespyrenees.fr, 25 Mar 2010; Facebook profile, 17 Jan 2013)
Several months before his accident he lost his father to cancer. (Loussaleznicolas.unblog.fr, 04 Jan 2011)
TEACHER
He is a qualified maths teacher and has taught at high school level in France. (larepubliquedespyrenees.fr, 25 Mar 2010; Facebook profile, 17 Jan 2013)
Results
| Unit | Date | Rank |
|---|
| Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Slalom Sitting | Final Round | 26 | ||
| Men's Giant Slalom Sitting | Final Round | 9999 | ||
| Men's Super-G Sitting | Final Round | 9999 | ||
| Men's Downhill Sitting | Final Round | 9999 |