Paralympian Dimitri Pavadé is already changing lives after coming out

This profile is part of Queerty’s 2024 Out For Good series, recognizing public figures who’ve had the courage to come out and make a difference in the past year, in celebration of National Coming Out Day on October 11.

Name: Dimitri Pavadé, 35.

Bio: Pavadé’s journey to becoming a decorated Paralympian embodies the French National Team member’s determination and bottomless desire to fight. Originally from the island of Réunion, Pavadé dove into para athletics training in 2015 while pursuing a career as a prosthetist. The man who told himself he would walk again after losing part of his right leg in a forklift accident in 2007 would soon surpass that goal on para athletics’ biggest stage.

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