Ka cika wannan magana: Phillippe ya yi gasa a wasannin Paralympics guda huɗu, kuma ya ci lambobin yabo guda biyar. Wasanninsa na farko sun kasance a Seoul a Wasannin Paralympic na 1988 inda ya yi gasa a tseren mita 400 da 5000 tare da lashe tagulla a tseren mita 1500 da azurfa a tseren marathon. Wasannin Paralympics na 1992 na bazara bai yi nasara ba kamar yadda duk da cewa ya yi gasa a cikin wasanni shida da suka fara daga nisan mita 400 zuwa marathon bai ci lambar yabo ba. A Marathon na Los Angeles na 1994, Couprie da ɗan tseren keken hannu na Australiya Paul Wiggins sun kulla yarjejeniya cewa za su gama tare, don haka ya haifar da mutuwar farko a tarihin gasar. A cikin
A 1996 a Atlanta ya lashe lambobin yabo, tagulla a cikin 1500m da zinare wani ɓangare na tawagar Faransa 4 × 400 m relay da kuma gasar a cikin 5000m, 10000m da marathon. A cikin 2000 ya taimaka wa Faransawa kare lambar zinare ta relay tare da yin gasa a tseren mita 400, 800m, 1500m da marathon.