Timothée Adolphe

PARA-ATHLETICS

As part of the partnership between LVMH and Paris 2024, LVMH is proud to support Timothée Adolphe, who competes in the T11 category 100-meter and 400-meter events and won the bronze medal in the 100 meter and 400 meter events at the World Para Athletics Championships in Paris in 2023.

Timothée Adolphe figures among the favorites in the 400-meter event this summer in Paris. The vision-impaired athlete discovered Para-athletics at the age of ten following the performance of visually-impaired Paralympian athlete Aladji Bâ at the Sydney Games in 2000. He began training as a sprinter in the 2010s, logging a host of impressive performances and records. The French sprinter is now single-mindedly focused on his goal of Paralympic gold, the ultimate prize to crown an exceptional career.

Timothée Adolphe will be supported in his quest by LVMH and Louis Vuitton, who are delighted to welcome him as Ambassador and Artisan of All Victories. This partnership builds on the active support that LVMH and its Maisons have for many years provided for high-level sports and the most prestigious international competitions. From the creation of numerous trophies to trunks designed specially to hold them, LVMH Maisons have long been partners to the world of sports, spanning a wide variety of disciplines, including tennis, rugby, basketball, football and automobile racing.

History

PARA-ATHLETICS

Wheelchair athletics traces its origins back to the 1952 Stoke Mandeville Games, with a javelin-throwing competition specially designed for athletes with spinal cord injuries. Para athletics offers a wide range of events, including track races (except obstacle courses and walking events), jumps (except pole vault), throws (except hammer throw), and of course, the iconic marathon event since 1984, which is contested on the road.

For the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, depending on their disability, athletes can compete in a wheelchair (with three wheels), with one or more prostheses, or from a throwing chair. Visually impaired athletes may be accompanied by a guide for races or guided by a coach for throws and jumps, depending on the degree of their disability. However, not all disability categories have access to all events.