CATTANEO Frederic

Wheelchair Tennis

Date of Birth: 12 Mar 1978

Age: 43

Gender: Male

Sport Class: WT

Place of birth: SALE

Birth Country:

Morocco

Place of residence : LE MANS

Residence Country:

France

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Tennis	Men's Singles	33
	Men's Doubles FRA Cattaneo / Menguy	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
5th on Centre Court	Ariake Tennis Park Centre Court	Men's Doubles Second Round JPN Kunieda / Sanada 6 6 FRA Cattaneo / Menguy 1 1	Finished
	Ariake Tennis Park Court 5	Men's Singles First Round USA RATZLAFF CRATZLAFF Casey Sport Class: WT 6 7 FRA CATTANEO FCATTANEO Frederic Sport Class: WT 2 5	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
RU	Doubles	2012	London, GBR
QF	Doubles	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
R16	Singles	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
R16	Singles	2012	London, GBR
Roland Garros
WR	Doubles	2012	Paris, FRA
RU	Doubles	2018	Paris, FRA
SF	Doubles	2021	Paris, FRA
SF	Doubles	2020	Paris, FRA
QF	Singles	2021	Paris, FRA
QF	Singles	2020	Paris, FRA
QF	Singles	2018	Paris, FRA
QF	Singles	2012	Paris, FRA
Wimbledon
RU	Doubles	2013	London, GBR
SF	Doubles	2014	London, GBR
SF	Doubles	2010	London, GBR

Legend
WR - Winner, RU - Runner-up, 3RD - 3rd place, 4TH - 4th place, F - Final, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, R16 - Round of 16, R32 - Round of 32, R64 - Round of 64, R128 - Round of 128

Occupation:

Athlete, Human Resources

Daughters Noemy and Manoa

Languages spoken:

English, French

Right (ITF, 19 Apr 2011)

2005 for France, in Antwerp, Belgium (Athlete, 04 Apr 2011)

He took up the sport in 2004 at age 24. (Athlete, 20 Jul 2016)

Prior to his accident, he played the sport and was close to gaining a qualification in coaching tennis. (Athlete, 20 Jul 2016; francebleu.fr, 03 Sep 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (francebleu.fr, 03 Sep 2019)

He trains at the facilities of the University of Le Mans in France, alongside able-bodied tennis players. (francebleu.fr, 03 Sep 2019)

General Interest

Classification
Open (itftennis.com, 05 Feb 2020)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Athlete, 20 Jul 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 20 Jul 2016)

Impairment Details
His legs were amputated below the knee after being involved in a motorcycle accident in 2002. (Athlete, 20 Jul 2016)

General
OCCUPATION
He works at an employment hub agency in Les Sablons, France. He benefits from a full-time professional insertion contract promoted by the French federation. "It is a specific contract for high performance athletes. I give my sporting plan in advance and based on that my employer organises my professional schedule. And about income, when I am competing is like if I were working." (francebleu.fr, 03 Sep 2019)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/frederic.cattaneo
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/CattaneoFrederic/

Legend

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

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