Maxime Carabin (born 18 September 2000) is a Belgian wheelchair racer andpara athlete fromLiège. He is currentParalympic champion in the 100 metres and 400 metres in theT52 racing division and is also five-time world champion and world record holder in the men's100,[1]200[2][3] and400 metres[4] sprint.
Carabin was born in the city of Liège in 2000, and while playing a handball match in November 2019, suffered a freak accident, resulting in the loss of function of both his legs and hands. After attempting and rejecting hand-bike racing (too complicated) and para-swimming (too solitary), he took up wheelchair para-athletics and set his focus on the2024 Paralympics inParis, France.[5][6][7] Together with his entourage, in July 2023, he set up the non-profit "Wheeler Forever" with the stated goal of promoting and facilitating access to wheelchair para-athletics.[8]
Carabin went on to take gold in both the men's 100 metres and 400 metres at the Paralympic Games in Paris.[13][14]
Carabin brokeTomoki Sato's Paralympic record of 55.39 to win his 400 metres semi-final in a time of 54.48,[15] before clocking 55.10 seconds to take gold ahead of outgoing champion Sato in second, and fellow Japanese racerTomoya Ito in third.[14][16][17]
A week later, Carabin won his 100 metres semi-final in 16.21 seconds, betteringRaymond Martin's Paralympic record from 2012 of 16.79,[18][19] claiming his second title of the week by winning the final in 16.70 seconds, ahead of Britain'sMarcus Perrineau-Daley and Sato.[13][20][21]
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