Sandra Forgues

Sandra Forgues

Forgues in 2020
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  France
Olympic Games
1996 AtlantaC2
1992 BarcelonaC2
World Championships
1991 TacenC2
1991 TacenC2 team
1997 Três CoroasC2
1997 Três CoroasC2 team
1993 MezzanaC2 team
1995 NottinghamC2
1995 NottinghamC2 team
1993 MezzanaC2
1999 La Seu d'UrgellC2 team
European Championships
2000 MezzanaC2

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.

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.