Elie de Carvalho (born 5 December 1994) is a French cyclist who competes in the B2 category.
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| Born | 5 December 1994 Millau, France | |||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||
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Biography
editAn individual amateur rider in DN1, de Carvalho took part in several classics; he fell heavily during the Tour du Beaujolais and suffered a head trauma.[1] In 2018, he learned that he had Leber's optic neuropathy, a rare genetic disease that manifests itself by a sudden drop in vision.[2]
A student in Limoges at a physiotherapy school,[3] de Carvalho resumed competitive level in tandem road cycling at the Colomiers club with Thomas Arvis as his pilot. In 2021, he won the title of French para-sports champion ahead of Alexandre Lloveras, gold medalist in the time trial at the Games. At the 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, de Carvalho won two bronze medals with Corrézien Mickaël Guichard in the time trial and road race.[4][5]
At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, the duo won the silver medal in the time trial, beaten by two seconds by the Dutch duo of Tristan Bangma and his pilot Patrick Bos.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Elie de Carvalho hospitalisé".
- ^ "Des routes de Haute-Vienne aux Jeux paralympiques de Paris, le rêve d'Elie de Carvalho".
- ^ "Jeux Paralympiques Paris 2024 : cela roule de nouveau pour Elie de Carvalho".
- ^ "Pour Mickaël Guichard, un nouveau rôle de pilote aux Jeux paralympiques".
- ^ "Paracyclisme. Mondiaux : le tandem Élie de Carvalho – Mickaël Guichard en bronze" (in French). Ouest France. 10 August 2023.
- ^ "Elie de Carvalho médaillé d'argent sur le contre-la-montre" (in French).