MARAIS Florent

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
4	100m Backstroke - S10	2019	London, GBR	1:01.12
6	400m Freestyle - S10	2019	London, GBR	4:18.45
6	100m Butterfly - S10	2019	London, GBR	59.48
European Championships
4	400m Freestyle - S10	2020	Funchal, POR	4:17.74
4	100m Backstroke - S10	2020	Funchal, POR	1:02.90
4	400m Freestyle - S10	2018	Dublin, IRL	4:23.39
4	100m Backstroke - S10	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:04.42
5	100m Butterfly - S10	2020	Funchal, POR	58.86
6	100m Butterfly - S10	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:00.70
10	100m Freestyle - S10	2018	Dublin, IRL	59.07

Playing sports. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

Athlete

French

Handisport Antibes Mediterranee [FRA] / Cercle des Nageurs d'Antibes [FRA]

He won a gold medal in Para cycling at the French national championships in 2016. (ouest-france.fr, 05 May 2018)

2018 for France, European Championships in Dublin, Ireland (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

He took up the sport at age eight. (La Manche Libre, 20 Mar 2018)

He was advised to take up swimming by his prosthetist. "I didn't like it at the beginning. I only did it because I had to practise a sport because I couldn't stay still for 30 seconds. But I began loving it after some time. I have always been at ease in the water and this sport helps me face life no matter what challenge." (handisport.org, 10 Sep 2019; Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (ouest-france.fr, 05 May 2018)

He trains at the Centre of Resources, Expertise and Sports Performance [CREPS] in Antibes, France. (nicematin.com, 01 Dec 2020)

US swimmer Michael Phelps, French Para swimmer David Smetanine. (handisport.org, 10 Sep 2019)

French Para swimmer Elodie Lorandi. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

He throws water to his face three times before starting the race. For the backstroke events, he also likes to slap the water once after he jumps into the pool. (handisport.org, 10 Sep 2019)

"Don't change your dreams, change the world." (Instagram profile, 14 Feb 2020)

He was named the 2014 Para Athlete of the Year of the Manche department in France. (ouest-france.fr, 21 Jul 2015)