{{Short description|French wheelchair fencer (born 1987)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | honorific_prefix = | name = Maxime Valet | honorific_suffix = | image = Maxime Valet Rio 2016.jpg | image_size = <!-- only when absolutely necessary --> | alt = | caption = Valet in 2016 | headercolor = | textcolor = <!-- Personal information --> | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- if different than name --> | full_name = <!-- if different than name/birth_name --> | nickname = | nationality = <!-- will not display if national_team is defined --> | national_team = <!-- only for the country represented in international competition --> | ethnicity = | citizenship = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|18 May 1987}} | birth_place = Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|death year|death month|death day|birth year|birth month|birth day}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | hometown = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | agent = | height = <!-- X cm, X m, or X ft Y in (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | weight = <!-- X kg, X lb, or X st Y lb (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | spouse = | life_partner = | other_interests = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | module = <!-- Sport --> | country = France | sport = Wheelchair fencing | position = | disability = | disability_class = | weight_class = | weight_class_type = | rank = | event = | event_type = | universityteam = | collegeteam = | league = | league_type = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | turnedpro_type = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | module2 = <!-- Achievements and titles --> | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | commonwealth = | highestranking = | pb = <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Competition| Paralympic Games }} {{Medal|Bronze| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Foil B }} {{Medal|Bronze| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Foil team }} {{Medal|Bronze| 2020 Tokyo | Foil team }} {{Medal|Bronze|2024 Paris|Foil team}} | medaltemplates-title = | module3 = }}
'''Maxime Valet''' (born 18 May 1987 in Toulouse) is a French wheelchair fencer.<ref name="paralympic_bio">{{Cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/maxime-valet|title=Maxime Valet|website=paralympic.org|access-date=7 February 2020|publisher=International Paralympic Committee}}</ref> He represented France at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won two medals: the bronze medal in the men's foil B event and the bronze medal in the men's team foil event.<ref name="paralympic_bio"/> He also won the bronze medal in the men's team foil event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
In 2009, Valet became paraplegic after falling into a hole at a construction site.<ref name="toulouse_maxime_valet">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2016/01/03/2248949-maxime-valet-rio-2016-au-bout-du-fleuret.html|title=Toulouse. Maxime Valet : Rio 2016 au bout du fleuret|date=1 March 2016|work=LaDepeche.fr|access-date=7 February 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{IPC profile}} * {{Team France|maxime-valet}} * {{CPSF profile}} * {{Instagram}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Valet, Maxime}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:French male foil fencers Category:Paralympic wheelchair fencers for France Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for France Category:Paralympic medalists in wheelchair fencing Category:Wheelchair fencers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Category:Wheelchair fencers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Category:Wheelchair fencers at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:Sportspeople from Toulouse Category:21st-century French sportsmen
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