Robert Citerne

Robert Citerne is a French wheelchair fencer, born in Paris on 10 February 1961. He has had right hemiplegia since the age of six months and took up fencing at nineteen on the suggestion of his physical therapist. He joined the French national team in 1987 and has earned four Paralympic gold medals across seven Paralympic participations, along with three World championship titles and eight European championship titles in individual and team events. In the fencing community he is known as Bob le Ouf, meaning Crazy Bob, for his exuberant personality. He works as an IT manager at the Levallois Sporting Club and sits as a city councillor of La Garenne-Colombes, responsible for disability issues.