Dimitri Pavadé

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| nationality = French

| sport = Paralympic athletics

| event = long jump

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| club = Athle 632 Tournefeuille

| coach = Remi Magro

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Dimitri Pavadé (born 14 August 1989) is a French para-athlete who specializes in long jump. Born and raised on the island of Réunion, he represented France at the 2020 and 2024 Paralympics.

Career

Pavadé represented France in the men's long jump T64 event at the 2020 Paralympics and won a silver medal.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1366942-pavade-dimitri.htm |title=Dimitri Pavadé |work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=2 September 2021 |archive-date=2 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902041846/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1366942-pavade-dimitri.htm |url-status=dead }} He also represented France in the same event at the 2024 Paralympics, coming in fourth.{{Cite web|url=https://www.outsports.com/2024/9/7/24101232/dimitri-pavade-gay-paris-paralympics-france-long-jump-coming-out/|title=Gay Paralympian Dimitri Pavade comes out at Paris Paralympics|first=Cyd|last=Zeigler|website=OutSports}}

Personal life

Pavadé's right leg was amputated at the age of eighteen after a work accident. He was working on the docks in Réunion when a forklift truck, weighing 18 tonnes, rolled over his leg.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/dimitri-pavade |title=Dimitri Pavade |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=2 September 2021}}

During the 2024 Paralympics, after competing he came out as gay publicly.