Marie-Line Pollet is a Belgian former para-athlete, wheelchair racer and para table tennis player. Made paraplegic by polio since the age of 11 months old, she is a multiple Parasports Belgian, European, and World champion, a multiple Paralympic medalist who held multiple Parasports word records.[1][2]
 Marie-Line Pollet at the Slovenia Open 2009 | |
| Sport | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Belgium |
| Sport | Paralympic athletics Paralympic table tennis |
| Disability | Paraplegia |
| Event(s) | Pentathlon Javelin throw Shot put Discus throw 100 meters 200 meters Table tennis |
Medal record | |
She is Belgium's most successful athlete at the Summer Paralympics, having won nine medals between 1984 and 1996.[3] She started her Olympic career at the Paralympics in 1980 where she won no medals. In her second Paralympics in 1984, she was a gold medalist in the shot put (category 2) and pentathlon (category 2), and won a silver in the discus throw (category 2). 5 further medals followed in 1988, this time she won a gold medal in the pentathlon (category 4), two silver ones in the 200 m wheelchair racing (category 4) and discus throw (category 4), and 2 bronzes ones in the 100 m wheelchair racing (category 4) and shot put (category 4). Later on in her career, she switched to table tennis and won a bronze medal in that discipline (category 3) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
References
edit- ^ "Marie-Line bat les hommes !". www.dhnet.be. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "POLLET VERS UNE 9e MEDAILLE? OUBLIEE PAR SA PROVINCE". www.lesoir.be. 16 August 1996. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "All-Time Paralympic Summer Games Multi-Medallists for Belgium". Retrieved 14 May 2024.
External links
edit- Marie-Line Pollet at ITTF Para Table Tennis
- Marie-Line Pollet at the International Paralympic Committee
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