Alexis Hanquinquant

Alexis Hanquinquant
Alexis Hanquinquant
Born(1985-12-28)28 December 1985
OccupationAthlete

Alexis Hanquinquant (born 28 December 1985)[1] is a French Paralympic triathlete. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the Men's PTS4 event.

In 2021, Hanquinquant was awarded the Knight of the Legion of Honour by the president of France Emmanuel Macron.

Hanquinquant passed the Olympic flame at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of Mickaël Gamrasni's documentary Olympiques! La France des Jeux, and was also featured in the France Télévisions critically acclaimed documentary À corps perdus, directed by Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Triathlon - HANQUINQUANT Alexis". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. ^ Jackson, Angelique (13 May 2024). "Cannes Film Festival Premiere of Mickaël Gamrasni's Documentary Brings the Olympic Flame to the Red Carpet". Variety.
  3. ^ Pacary, Catherine (21 August 2024). "A corps perdus on France 2: six hard-hitting portraits of para athletes". MSN (in French).