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.Pascal Sidoine, "Wilfrid Forgues devenu Sandra : «Ma vie intime était en prison»"
Career 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.
World Cup individual podiums Total C2 11 6 6 23
SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 1990 1 July 1990 Wausau 1st C2 1990 Savage River 3rd C2 11 August 1990 Augsburg 3rd C2 1991 11 July 1991 Reals 3rd C2 1992 31 May 1992 Nottingham 1st C2 1993 18 July 1993 La Seu d'Urgell 3rd C2 25 July 1993 Lofer 3rd C2 21 August 1993 Minden 2nd C2 1994 26 June 1994 Nottingham 1st C2 18 September 1994 Asahi, Aichi 2nd C2 1995 9 July 1995 Mezzana 2nd C2 16 July 1995 Lofer 1st C2 1996 21 April 1996 Ocoee 1st C2 16 June 1996 Augsburg 1st C2 29 September 1996 Três Coroas 1st C2 1997 22 June 1997 Bourg St.-Maurice 1st C2 29 June 1997 Björbo 2nd C2 28 July 1997 Ocoee 1st C2 1998 21 June 1998 Tacen 3rd C2 28 June 1998 Augsburg 1st C2 1999 3 October 1999 Penrith 2nd C2 2000 30 April 2000 Penrith 1st C2 2 July 2000 Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre 2nd C2
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