BOULET Margot

Date of Birth: 13 May 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Sport Class: PR3-PI

Place of birth: PROVINS

Birth Country:

France

Place of residence : PROVINS

Residence Country:

France

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	PR3 Mixed Coxed Four - PR3Mix4+ FRA France	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	PR3 Mixed Coxed Four - PR3Mix4+ Heat 2 #8	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	PR3 Mixed Coxed Four - PR3Mix4+ Repechage 2 #16	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	PR3 Mixed Coxed Four - PR3Mix4+ Final A #24	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Swimming, horse riding. (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

Armed Forces Athlete

Biology - University of Paris 7, France

Languages spoken:

English, French

Cercle Aviron Nogentais [Nogent-sur-Seine, FRA]

Loic Mariage [national]

Other sports:

She has competed in able-bodied swimming at national level in France. (magaviron.fr, 15 Mar 2021; Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)

She took up Para rowing in 2019. (magaviron.fr, 15 Mar 2021; Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)

A swimmer pior to her impairment, she initially returned to the sport after her accident. "When I was able, I then resumed swimming in Provins [France] with the able-bodied and competed at regional level. My father and my mother are part of the Cercle Aviron Nogentais rowing club in Nogent-sur-Seine [France]. I also gained a license to help them train young people." She was then approached by a national Para rowing coach, who was searching for a new crew member for the PR3 coxed four boat. "I really wanted to try it. It was a beautiful challenge although I had never been on a boat before, so I had to learn." (magaviron.fr, 15 Mar 2021; actu.fr, 09 Mar 2021)

Philosophy:

"Don't set yourself limits." (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)

General Interest

Classification
PR3 (World Rowing, 03 Jun 2021; Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (magaviron.fr, 15 Mar 2021; actu.fr, 09 Mar 2021)

Impairment Details
In March 2017 she was involved in a skydiving accident while training with the French National Gendarmerie Intervention Group [GIGN], a police tactical unit in France. She fractured vertebrae and sustained injuries to both legs and her left ankle. She underwent several surgeries, including lumbar spinal fusion and ankle joint replacement. "I was 26 years old. I had a bad fall. My back and legs were paralysed. I gradually recovered the use of my legs. The ankle was the most problematic. I spent several months in a wheelchair, I lost all my muscle mass. It was very hard psychologically." (magaviron.fr, 15 Mar 2021; actu.fr, 09 Mar 2021)

General
OCCUPATION
In 2012 she joined the National Gendarmerie, a national police force in France. She moved on to join the force's Republican Guard and in 2016 she joined the French National Gendarmerie Intervention Group [GIGN], a police tactical unit of the French National Gendarmerie. In November 2020 she became a high performance athlete member of the French army. (actu.fr, 09 Mar 2021)

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Legend

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

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