Dimitri Pavadé
# Dimitri Pavadé

Dimitri Pavadé (born 14 August 1989) is a French para-athlete who specializes in long jump. He represented France at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

## Career

Pavadé represented France in the men's long jump T64 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal.

## Personal life

Pavadé's right leg was amputated at the age of eighteen after a work accident. He was working on the docks in Réunion, France when a forklift truck, weighing 18 tonnes, rolled over his leg.

