Sandra Forgues

Sandra Forgues (born 22 December 1969 in Tarbes), formerly known as Wilfrid Forgues, is a French slalom canoeist who competed as a male athlete from the late 1980s to the early 2000s (decade). In 2018, Forgues revealed publicly her identity as a trans woman.[1]

Sandra Forgues

Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  France
Olympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	C2
	1992 Barcelona	C2
World Championships
	1991 Tacen	C2
	1991 Tacen	C2 team
	1997 Três Coroas	C2
	1997 Três Coroas	C2 team
	1993 Mezzana	C2 team
	1995 Nottingham	C2
	1995 Nottingham	C2 team
	1993 Mezzana	C2
	1999 La Seu d'Urgell	C2 team
European Championships
	2000 Mezzana	C2

Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won two medals in the C2 event with a gold in 1996 and a bronze in 1992.

Forgues also won four medals in the C2 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (1991, 1997), a silver (1995), and a bronze (1993). She earned 5 more medals in the C2 team event (2 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze).

Forgues won the World Cup series in C2 in 1996 and 1997. She also won a silver medal in the C2 event at the 2000 European Championships.

Her partner in the boat throughout the whole of her career was Frank Adisson.[2]

World Cup individual podiums

Season	Date	Venue	Position	Event
1990	1 Jul 1990	Wausau	1st	C2
	1990	Savage River	3rd	C2
	11 Aug 1990	Augsburg	3rd	C2
1991	11 Jul 1991	Reals	3rd	C2
1992	31 May 1992	Nottingham	1st	C2
1993	18 Jul 1993	La Seu d'Urgell	3rd	C2
	25 Jul 1993	Lofer	3rd	C2
	21 Aug 1993	Minden	2nd	C2
1994	26 Jun 1994	Nottingham	1st	C2
	18 Sep 1994	Asahi, Aichi	2nd	C2
1995	9 Jul 1995	Mezzana	2nd	C2
	16 Jul 1995	Lofer	1st	C2
1996	21 Apr 1996	Ocoee	1st	C2
	16 Jun 1996	Augsburg	1st	C2
	29 Sep 1996	Três Coroas	1st	C2
1997	22 Jun 1997	Bourg St.-Maurice	1st	C2
	29 Jun 1997	Björbo	2nd	C2
	28 Jul 1997	Ocoee	1st	C2
1998	21 Jun 1998	Tacen	3rd	C2
	28 Jun 1998	Augsburg	1st	C2
1999	3 Oct 1999	Penrith	2nd	C2
2000	30 Apr 2000	Penrith	1st	C2
	2 Jul 2000	Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre	2nd	C2

References

1. Pascal Sidoine, "Wilfrid Forgues devenu Sandra : «Ma vie intime était en prison»" (in French)
2. "Wilfrid Forgues". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 5 August 2017.

• Wilfrid Forgues at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-02-20)
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
• Wilfrid Forgues at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

External links

• Wilfrid Forgues at the International Olympic Committee
• Wilfrid Forgues at the Olympic Channel