Pierre Fairbank

Pierre Fairbank, born on 27 July 1971, is a Paralympic athlete from France and New Caledonia who competes mainly in the T53 category of sprint events. At his first Paralympic Games, in Sydney in 2000, he won gold in the T53 200 metres, silver in the T53 400 metres and bronze in the T53 800 metres, and he also took part in the T54 marathon. At Athens in 2004 he won no individual medal but helped the French team to silver in the T53-54 4 x 400 metres relay and bronze in the T53-54 4 x 100 metres relay. In Beijing in 2008 he again missed out on an individual medal but contributed to a relay bronze in the T53-54 4 x 400 metres, and at London in 2012 he qualified for the 800 metres final and finished seventh.