Already, in the French delegation for these Paris 2024 Paralympic Games made up of 257 athletes, there are 14 additional guides with the vocation of accompanying blind athletes, particularly in the para triathlon, para athletics and para cycling disciplines.
These able-bodied athletes, who have been training for years before the competition, have chosen to follow high-level disabled athletes - visually impaired or blind, the only disabilities that allow them to have a guide - to accompany them to international competitions and perform together.
While many of these guides accompany the athletes on a voluntary basis, the Ministry of Sport will be paying bonuses to the guides of bronze, silver and gold medal athletes at these Paralympic Games.
Since Beijing 2008, the Ministry of Sport has been working to ensure equality between Olympic medal winners and Paralympic podium finishers, and will be paying a bonus of €80,000 (for a gold medal), €40,000 (for a silver medal) or €20,000 (for a bronze medal) to guides accompanying medal-winning Paralympic athletes.
Paris 2024 Paralympics: how much will French athletes earn for their medals?
Glory, applause, the long-awaited reward after years of hard work... and a nice bonus await our French athletes who are going to win a medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games! [Read more]
In fact, these duos will have their moment of glory on the podium, as the Paralympic athletes are not alone on the first, second or third step of the podium: for every medal won, the guide will also be present! It's a wonderful reward, and a historic moment to experience, for these Paralympic and able-bodied athletes alike, who work tirelessly throughout the year to win an Olympic title.
Dates and Opening Time
From August 29, 2024 to September 8, 2024
Paris 2024 Paralympics: how much will French athletes earn for their medals?
