HECKEL Sonia

Date of Birth: 23 Jun 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Female

Sport Class: BC3

Place of birth: SAVERNE

Birth Country:

France

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Boccia	Pairs - BC3 FRA France	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 4	Pairs - BC3 Pool A #198 FRA France 2 THA Thailand 4	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 5	Pairs - BC3 Pool A #211 GRE Greece 3 FRA France 4	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 1	Pairs - BC3 Pool A #219 KOR Republic of Korea 7 FRA France 1	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 3	Pairs - BC3 Pool A #233 FRA France 0 GBR Great Britain 7	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
8	Pairs - BC3	2018	Liverpool, GBR
32	Individual - BC4	2010	Lisbon, POR
European Championships
1	Pairs - BC3	2019	Seville, ESP
9	Individual - BC3	2019	Seville, ESP
9	Pairs - BC3	2017	Povoa de Varzim, POR
11	Individual - BC3	2017	Povoa de Varzim, POR

Shopping, walking, board games, looking after her dogs. (bleushandisport.com, 27 Aug 2019)

Occupation:

Accountant, Athlete

Languages spoken:

Club Handisport de Ludres [France]

Sporting relatives:

Her twin sister Anais has competed in Para archery and has been crowned French champion. (infodujour.fr, 22 Mar 2019; estrepublicain.fr, 08 Nov 2019)

"At first, I chose this sport because there are not a lot of sports for people with severe impairments like mine. But then I began to like it because it is a sport of strategy and construction of play. In every game, every throw is different." (bleushandisport.com, 27 Aug 2019)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (francebleu.fr, 02 May 2021)

She trains six hours a week. She splits her training between Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, Ludres, Villers-les-Nancy, and Heillecourt in France. (francebleu.fr, 02 May 2021; infodujour.fr, 22 Mar 2019)

French Para athlete Marie-Amelie Le Fur. (bleushandisport.com, 27 Aug 2019)

Philosophy:

"Fight as much as you can to turn your dream into a reality." (bleushandisport.com, 27 Aug 2019)

She was flag bearer for France at the 2009 European Championships in Portugal. (ludres.handisport.free.fr, 01 Jan 2014)

General Interest

Classification
BC3 (worldboccia.com, 02 Aug 2021)

Impairment Details
She has limb-girdle muscular dystrophy [LGMD], which mainly affects the muscles in the arms and legs. (bleushandisport.com, 27 Aug 2019)

General
OCCUPATION
She works as an accounting secretary for the Vandoeuvre Nancy volleyball team in France. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jul 2021; bleushandisport.com, 27 Aug 2019)

Social Media

Legend

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

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