Sport and disability: when Paralympic athletes juggle sponsorship, work and preparation

2023-11-15 12:41:21

“I must have income that allows me to have a roof over my head and food on my plate. » This sentence is signed Dimitri Jozwicki, second in the 2023 world ranking of sprinters (T38 category, these are athletes whose movement and coordination of the lower trunk and legs are slightly limited) with a time of 11” over 100m! The 26-year-old young man, suffering from a Chiari malformation and cerebral palsy, has legs of fire but also a head well placed on his shoulders.