Patrick French (archer)

Patrick French is an Australian Paralympic archer. He was selected to compete at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.

Personal

French was born on 20 May 1993.
In 2015, he was cutting down a tree on a farm near Daylesford, Victoria, which fell in the wrong direction. The accident left him paralysed from the waist down, and with a brain injury.

Archery

After taking up hunting with a compound bow in 2022, French fell in love with archery. In 2023, he won the Australian Indoor National Championships and set a new Australian record. At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, he lost in the Round of 32 in the Men's individual compound open after qualifying in twenty first.
In 2024, he was a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship athlete.