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Handisport: the meeting that changed the life of Cléo, 12 years old
Handisport: the meeting that changed the life of Cléo, 12 years old
(France 2)
At 3 and a half years old, Cléo was hit by a car. Seriously injured, she had one of her legs amputated. Her meeting with Pauline Déroulède, French wheelchair tennis champion, changed her life.
At 12 years old, Cléo managed to ski with one leg. Her mother, Delphine, was also an amputee, but can ski on both legs thanks to a prosthesis. Nine years earlier, they were shopping in the Croix market (North), when an octogenarian lost control of her vehicle. Then aged 3 and a half, Cléo almost lost her life. She and her mother were seriously injured. To walk with her prosthesis, Cléo still needs two physiotherapy sessions per week.
“She completely changed her attitude”
Her meeting with Pauline Déroulède, amputee athlete and French wheelchair tennis champion, changed her life. Both victims of an accident caused by elderly drivers unfit to drive, they are campaigning for a driving license check. Since they met, Cléo has tried wheelchair tennis. “When she saw what she could do in wheelchair tennis, she completely changed her attitude, it made her feel incredible again”explains Delphine Ginterdaele, mother of Cléo.
