Magali Comte

Magali Comte (born 23 September 1967) is a Swiss Paralympic archer. She was represented Switzerland at three Olympic Games and she won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Para Archery Championship in Turin.

Magali Comte
Born23 September 1967 (1967-09-23) (age 53)
Switzerland
NationalitySwitzerland

Life

Comte was born in Switzerland in 1967 and she became a draughtswoman. As the result of a motorcycle accident she had her left leg amputated. Comte lives in Petit-Lancy, Geneva and she became a Paralympic archer.[1]

In 2008, she went to Beijing to compete in the Archery at that year's Summer Paralympics taking part in the Women's individual recurve and finishing 16th. In 2011 she competed in Turin and gained a bronze medal at the 2011 World Para Archery Championship.[2] The following year she competed in the Archery at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the Women's individual recurve where she finished fifth. She had been assisted by an initiative called "Team Geneva 2012" that raised 190,000 francs that was shared out between the Swiss athletes. Comte was awarded 15,000 francs to assist her.[3]

In 2016, she was surprised and delighted when she again joined the Swiss team at the Paralympics in Rio 2016.[4] 105 athletes were sent to Rio and 21 of those were paralympians. Comte and Martin Imboden were the only paralympian archers.[5] Comte is known as "Gumy". She is left handed and draws a 27 inches (69 cm) arrow at 36 pounds (16 kg).[6]

References
  1. "EM Bogenschiessen Saint Jean de Monts (FRA)". Swiss Paralympic (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  2. "WM Bogenschiessen Turin". Swiss Paralympic (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  3. "190 000 francs pour les athlètes genevois qui iront à Londres". Tribune de Genève (in French). ISSN 1010-2248. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  4. "Magali Comte vivra à Rio ses troisièmes Jeux paralympiques". Tribune de Genève (in French). ISSN 1010-2248. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  5. agencies, swissinfo ch and agencies, swissinfo ch and. "Switzerland to send 105 athletes to Rio". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  6. "Magali Comte". World Archery. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.