Emmanuel Lacroix

Medal record
Competitor for  France
Paralympic Games
Track and field (athletics)
Silver 2000 Sydney 1500m - T46
Bronze 1996 Atlanta 1500m - T44-46
Bronze 1996 Atlanta 5000m - T44-46
Bronze 2000 Sydney 4x400m - T46
Bronze 2004 Athens 4x400m - T42-46
Swimming
Silver 1988 Seoul Men's 100m Backstroke – A8
Silver 1988 Seoul Men's 100m Freestyle – A8
Bronze 1988 Seoul Men's 100m Butterfly – A8
Biathlon
Silver 1998 Nagano Men's 7.5km free Technique – LW6/8

Emmanuel Lacroix is a Paralympic athlete from France.

Emmanuel Lacroix is one of the few people to have competed in multiple summer and winter paralympics. His paralympic career started in 1988 in the swimming pool, competing in various A8 classification races winning a bronze in the 100m butterfly and silvers in the 100m backstroke and freestyle races. He again competed in the pool in 1992 in Barcelona, but despite competing in 5 events was unable to medal in any of them. For the next summer games in 1996 Emmanuel had changed to athletics and won a bronze emdal in both the T44-46 classification 1500m and 5000m races. 2000 saw him expand his running repoitre competing in the 5000m and marathon, as well as winning a silver medal in the 1500m and a bronze as part of the French 4x400m relay team. The 2004 Summer Paralympics brought another bronze medal in the 4x400m as well as competing in the 100m, 1500m and marathon.

His first Winter games came in 1994 where he competed in the 7.5 km Free technique LW5-8 biathlon event as well as in the cross country skiing 10 km free, 5 km classical and 20 km classical technique for LW6/8. He again competed in 1998 Winter Paralympics where he won his only winter medal, a bronze, in the 15 km free technique race for LW5/7, 6l8 as well as competing over 20 km and 5 km classical styles. His last paralympic appearance to date came in 2006 Where he competed in the 7.5 km and 12.5 km standing biathlon events as well as the 5 km, 10 km and 20 km standing cross country skiing events. [1]

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