Sport, an inclusive player

Handisport in France in 2020:

 

35,000 licensees, 60,000 practitioners,
more than 1,400 associations and more than 30 sports

Handisport is recognized as being of benefit to the public

since 1983

In 2022, 

56% of people with disabilities took part in sport

compared to 52% in 2018

 

For the first time in French history, French athletes are coming together as part of one team:

The French Olympic and Paralympic Team for the Tokyo 2021 Olympics

The team came 4th at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang South Korea

And they finished 12th at the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The French Handisport Federation will compete in 12 out of 22 Paralympic sports at both the Tokyo and Paris Olympic Games

 Athletics, wheelchair basketball, boccia, blind football, cycling, wheelchair fencing, goalball, weightlifting, swimming, table tennis, archery and wheelchair rugby

 

 

Several competitions organized in France, including the French :

Swimming Championship and the French Wheelchair Basketball Cup

The National Sports Agency, created in 2019 by the State, is involved in making sport accessible to all

 

 

The French Sailing Federation with its “The Sea is Yours” inclusion program

aims to integrate young people from priority neighborhoods into the maritime sector

 

The Playlab collaborative space in Paris, dedicated to social innovation through sport, is organizing a support program to integrate refugees through sport over a three-year period (2020-2022)