Linda Le Bon (born 20 July 1964) is a para-athlete. She competes for Austria in paraclimbing and previously competed for her native country Belgium in para-alpine skiing. She competes in the B2 category, which is for visually impaired athletes.[1][2] She has a vision impairment as a result of macular degeneration.[3]
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| Nationality | Austrian, former Belgian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 July 1964 Wilrijk, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | https://lindalebon.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAlpine skiing
editLe Bon competed at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships held in Lillehammer, Norway, winning the silver medal in the downhill and super-G events. Her sight guide for skiing was nominally Pierre Couquelet.[3]
Le Bon and her sighted guide and daughter Ulla Gilot qualified to represent Belgium at the 2022 Winter Paralympics held in Beijing, China.[4][5] Couquelet was originally scheduled to be Le Bon's sighted guide but he was not able to compete as her guide after failing a doping test due to an administrative error related to medication that he takes.[6] Le Bon competed in five alpine skiing events.[7] She was the flag bearer for Belgium during the closing ceremony.[8] After a knee injury, Linda stopped competing in paraskiing and is now focusing on paraclimbing.
Climbing
editLe Bon lives in Mühlbach am Hochkönig and competes for the Austrian Climbing Federation.[9]
She had her competitive debut at the 2023 IFSC Paraclimbing World Cup in Innsbruck where she finished fourth, being merged into the harder B3 category. She won her first medal the following event in Villars, reaching second place in the B3 category. She also competed at the 2023 IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships, reaching fourth place. In the 2024 season, she won her first gold medal (B2) in Innsbruck, after coming in sixth (B3) at the first competition in Salt Lake City where categories were also merged.[10][2] At the IFSC European Championships in Villars-sur-Ollon 2024, she could claim a bronze medal.[11] She finished off here season with her second gold medal in Arco (Italy) on 28.09.2024.[12][13]
Weblinks
edit- Website: lindalebon.com
- Linda Le Bons IFSC profile
- Crowdfunding campaign on I Believe in You
References
edit- ^ "Linda Le Bon neemt met dochter Ulla deel aan Paralympische Spelen: "Dit gaan we niet vergeten"". Sporza (in Dutch). 10 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ a b "IFSC Climbing World Cup: Die Glückssträhne geht für Österreich weiter". MeinBezirk.at (in German). 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Skiënde moeder neemt dochter mee als gids: 'Moet blind op haar vertrouwen'". NOS (in Dutch). 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ "Paralympische Winterspelen: Linda Le Bon is eerste geselecteerde Belgische atlete". Nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). 22 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Rémi Mazi wordt tweede Belg in Peking". Knack (in Dutch). 1 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "Antwerpse Linda Le Bon zonder haar geschorste voorskiër naar Paralympics". Antwerps persbureau (in Dutch). 2 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Linda Le Bon sluit Paralympische Winterspelen af met 11e plaats in de slalom". Sporza (in Dutch). 12 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Paralympische Winterspelen officieel gesloten met oproep tot vrede". Sporza (in Dutch). 13 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ "Linda Le Bon". Austria Climbing (in German). Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Linda Le Bon". IFSC Climbing Result Service. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "IFSC Paraclimbing European Championships Villars 2024". IFSC Climbing. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ "Arco Medals Brings Curtain Down on 2024 Para Climbing World Cup Season". IFSC Climbing. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ "Pösendorfer und Le Bon triumphieren in Arco". Austria Climbing (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2024.