Magali Comte
{{Short description|Swiss archer (born 1967)}}
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Magali Comte (born 23 September 1967) is a Swiss Paralympic archer. She was represented Switzerland at three Olympic Games and she won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Para Archery Championship in Turin.
Life
Comte was born in Switzerland in 1967 and she became a draughtswoman. As the result of a motorcycle accident she had her left leg amputated. Comte lives in Petit-Lancy, Geneva and she became a Paralympic archer.{{Cite web|title=EM Bogenschiessen Saint Jean de Monts (FRA)|url=https://www.swissparalympic.ch/event/em-bogenschiessen-saint-jean-de-monts-fra/|access-date=2020-06-02|website=Swiss Paralympic|language=de-DE}}
In 2008, she went to Beijing to compete in the Archery at that year's Summer Paralympics taking part in the Women's individual recurve and finishing 16th. In 2011 she competed in Turin and gained a bronze medal at the 2011 World Para Archery Championship.{{Cite web|title=WM Bogenschiessen Turin|url=https://www.swissparalympic.ch/event/wm-bogenschiessen-turin/|access-date=2020-06-02|website=Swiss Paralympic|language=de-DE}} The following year she competed in the Archery at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the Women's individual recurve where she finished fifth. She had been assisted by an initiative called "Team Geneva 2012" that raised 190,000 francs that was shared out between the Swiss athletes. Comte was awarded 15,000 francs to assist her.{{Cite news|title=190 000 francs pour les athlètes genevois qui iront à Londres|language=fr|work=Tribune de Genève|url=https://www.tdg.ch/geneve/actu-genevoise/190-000-francs-athletes-genevois-londres/story/28065317|access-date=2020-06-30|issn=1010-2248}}
In 2016, she was surprised and delighted when she again joined the Swiss team at the Paralympics in Rio 2016.{{Cite news|title=Magali Comte vivra à Rio ses troisièmes Jeux paralympiques|language=fr|work=Tribune de Genève|url=https://www.tdg.ch/sports/actu/magali-comte-vivra-rio-troisiemes-jeux-paralympiques/story/18984640|access-date=2020-06-02|issn=1010-2248}} 105 athletes were sent to Rio and 21 of those were paralympians. Comte and Martin Imboden were the only paralympian archers.{{Cite web|last=agencies|first=swissinfo ch and agencies, swissinfo ch and|title=Switzerland to send 105 athletes to Rio|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/summer-olympics_switzerland-to-send-109-athletes-to-rio-/42309806|access-date=2020-06-03|website=SWI swissinfo.ch|language=en}} Comte is known as "Gumy". She is left handed and draws a {{convert|27|in|cm}} arrow at {{convert|36|lb|kg}}.{{Cite web|title=Magali Comte|url=https://worldarchery.org/athlete/10346/magali-comte|access-date=2020-06-02|website=World Archery|language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{IPC|magali-comte}}
- [https://www.swissparalympic.ch/athleten-archiv/magali-comte/ Magali Comte] at the Swiss Paralympic Committee {{in lang|de|fr}}
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Category:Paralympic archers for Switzerland
Category:Archers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics