TOUCOULLET Guillaume

Date of Birth: 29 Oct 1984

Age: 36

Gender: Male

Sport Class: ST

Place of birth: BAYONNE

Birth Country:

France

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Archery	Men's Individual Recurve - Open	17

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yumenoshima Ranking Field	Men's Individual Recurve - Open Ranking Round	Finished
	Yumenoshima Final Field	Men's Individual Recurve - Open 1/16 Elimination #146 FRA TOUCOULLET GTOUCOULLET Guillaume Sport Class: ST 2 GBR PHILLIPS DPHILLIPS David Sport Class: ST 6	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
9	Team Recurve - Open	2019	's-Hertogenbosch, NED
17	Individual Recurve - Open	2019	's-Hertogenbosch, NED

Playing the sousaphone and drums, playing Basque pelota. (bleushandisport.com, 07 Oct 2020)

Les Archers de la Humade [FRA] / Handisport Pays Basque [FRA]

Alain Meunier [Les Archers]; Vincent Hybois [national]

Other sports:

He has also competed in Para rowing. He was named to the French national squad in 2013 and won national titles in 2014 and 2015. (worldarchery.sport, 02 Mar 2020)

He took up Para archery in 2017. Before his impairment, he practised Basque pelota from age six to 14 and then moved on to rowing until 2010. After his accident, he began Para rowing. "Sport helped me bounce back and accept my impairment." (worldarchery.sport, 02 Mar 2020)

"I like archery because it's a sport that requires a lot of concentration and precision. It's very technically demanding, but also in bow set-up and maintenance. What I like above all is the bow itself and the way it reacts. And the sensation of shooting too, although it took me a little bit of time to appreciate that properly." (worldarchery.sport, 02 Mar 2020)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, and to win a medal at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. (bleushandisport.com, 07 Oct 2020)

He trains for between 90 minutes and two hours per day. (bleushandisport.com, 07 Oct 2020)

French biathlete Martin Fourcade. (bleushandisport.com, 07 Oct 2020)

Philosophy:

"I'm constantly searching for satisfaction - both in feeling and technique. I assume that nothing is ever finished, that anything can happen. I never give up and stay focused, in my bubble until the end." (worldarchery.sport, 02 Mar 2020)

General Interest

Classification
Open (World Archery, 31 May 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (bleushandisport.com, 07 Oct 2020)

Impairment Details
His left arm was paralysed following a motorcycle accident in 2010. (bleushandisport.com, 07 Oct 2020)

General
FROM ROWING TO ARCHERY
He took up rowing at age 14 and moved into Para rowing after his accident in 2010. He won national titles in the sport in 2014 and 2015, but after failing to make the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro he decided to switch to Para archery. "I turned to archery with the intention of giving up competition. The two sports are very different. Rowing was team-based, archery is very individual. Even if I shoot alone, I need to retain that team spirit with the French squad. But above all, I need to create that team with my coach." A year after the switch he won national indoor and outdoor titles, and set a new national record for the 18-metre round. "I think I've found such good results so fast because I listen to my coaches, I am determined and a bit of a perfectionist, maybe excessively. And now [in 2021] here I am, hooked on archery, with the desire to learn and get that buzz on the shooting line. These good results have strengthened my resolve. My choice was correct, and now I have new goals." (worldarchery.sport, 02 Mar 2020; archysport.com, 07 Jul 2021)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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