VINCHON Vladimir

Date of Birth: 24 Jan 1974

Age: 47

Gender: Male

Sport Class: GIV

Place of birth: SAINT-QUENTIN

Birth Country:

France

Place of residence : FRANCE

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Equestrian	Team Test to Music FRA France	6
	Individual Test - Grade IV	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Equestrian Park	Dressage Individual Test - Grade IV	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
7	Individual Championship Test - Grade III	2012	London, GBR
7	Individual Freestyle Test - Grade III	2012	London, GBR
9	Team Test to Music	2012	London, GBR
World Equestrian Games
9	Individual Championship Test - Grade III	2014	Caen, FRA
10	Individual Test - Grade IV	2018	Tryon, NC, USA
11	Team Test to Music	2018	Tryon, NC, USA
14	Team Test to Music	2014	Caen, FRA

Occupation:

Three daughters

Languages spoken:

Charlotte Chalvignac-Vesin [personal]

Other sports:

He has competed in able-bodied dressage competitions at national level in France. He has competed in able-bodied horse racing as a flat jockey at international level. He also competed in wheelchair basketball at national level in France. (vladimirvinchon.com, 16 Mar 2018; leparisien.fr, 16 Mar 2018; leperon.fr, 22 Mar 2021; ouest-france.fr, 28 Oct 2020)

2011 for France, European Championships in Casorate Sempione, Italy (france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr, 26 Mar 2014)

He began riding in pony classes at age eight. He took up Para horse riding in 2007. (vladimirvinchon.fr, 01 Sep 2014; ouest-france.fr, 28 Aug 2014)

After his accident he took up wheelchair basketball, which gave him encouragement to try Para show jumping before moving to Para dressage. (leparisien.fr, 16 Mar 2018)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 and 2024 Paralympic Games. (vladimirvinchon.com, 16 Mar 2018)

Philosophy:

"Further, higher but always stronger." (france-paralympique.fr, 2020)

General Interest

Classification
GRADE IV (FEI, 08 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (vladimirvinchon.com, 16 Mar 2018)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (vladimirvinchon.com, 16 Mar 2018)

Impairment Details
He was involved in a car accident in September 1994, the day after he secured a victory in a horse race in Belgium. After the incident, he had his right leg amputated. "After months of rehabilitation, I learned to walk and adapt my prosthesis. But the desire to ride a horse remained." (vladimirvinchon.com, 16 Mar 2018; ouest-france.fr, 28 Aug 2014)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/vladimir.vinchon
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/VladimirVinchonofficiel/
https://instagram.com/vladimirvinchon/
Athlete Website: http://www.vladimirvinchon.com

Legend

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

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