Maxime Carabin

Maxime Carabin (born 18 September 2000) is a Belgian wheelchair racer and para athlete from Liège.

Carabin was born in the city of Liège in 2000, and while playing a handball match in November 2019, suffered a freak accident, resulting in the loss of function of both his legs and hands.

After attempting and rejecting hand-bike racing (too complicated) and para-swimming (too solitary), he took up wheelchair para-athletics and set his focus on the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, France.

[5][6][7] Together with his entourage, in July 2023, he set up the non-profit "Wheeler Forever" with the stated goal of promoting and facilitating access to wheelchair para-athletics.

[13][14] Carabin broke Tomoki Sato's Paralympic record of 55.39 to win his 400 metres semi-final in a time of 54.48,[15] before clocking 55.10 seconds to take gold ahead of outgoing champion Sato in second, and fellow Japanese racer Tomoya Ito in third.

Paralympic Games, Paris 2024. Men s 100 m T52 final: Gold medal, Maxime Carabin.
Paralympic Games, Paris 2024. Men s 100 m T52 final: Gold medal, Maxime Carabin.