Béatrice Hess

Béatrice Hess

Medal record
Women's para swimming (S5)
Representing  France
Paralympic Games
	1984 New York	25 m backstroke C3
	1984 New York	25 m freestyle C3
	1984 New York	50 m freestyle C3
	1984 New York	100 m freestyle C3
	1988 Seoul	25 m backstroke L1
	1996 Atlanta	50 m backstroke S5
	1996 Atlanta	50 m butterfly S5
	1996 Atlanta	50 m freestyle S5
	1996 Atlanta	100 m freestyle S5
	1996 Atlanta	200 m freestyle S5
	1996 Atlanta	200 m individual medley SM5
	2000 Sydney	50 m backstroke S5
	2000 Sydney	50 m butterfly S5
	2000 Sydney	50 m freestyle S5
	2000 Sydney	100 m freestyle S5
	2000 Sydney	200 m freestyle S5
	2000 Sydney	200 m individual medley SM6
	2000 Sydney	4×50 m medley relay 20 pts
	2004 Athens	100 m breaststroke SB4
	2004 Athens	200 m freestyle S5
	1988 Seoul	50 m freestyle L1
	1996 Atlanta	4×50 m freestyle S1–6
	2004 Athens	50 m backstroke S5
	2004 Athens	50 m freestyle S5
	2004 Athens	100 m freestyle S5

Béatrice Pierre Hess (born 10 November 1961 in Colmar) is a French Paralympic swimmer. The French newspaper L'Humanité has described her as "one of the best swimmers in the world",^[1]

Competing at the Paralympic Games, Hess won four gold medals in 1984, one in 1988, six in 1996,^[1] and seven in 2000. She also broke nine world records at the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney.^[2] At the 2004 Games, she won two gold and three silver medals.

Hess has cerebral palsy, and competes in the S5 disability classification.

See also

• Athletes with most gold medals in one event at the Paralympic Games

References

1. "Béatrice Hess : 'En soi, existe toujours un potentiel…'", L'Humanité, October 28, 2000.
2. "Hess strikes golden six", BBC, October 27, 2000

External links

• Biography on Who's Who in France
• Beatrice Hess at the International Paralympic Committee