You are here: Home page

Brasilian Open

This was the last international event in 2009: a tournament “factor 40”, which can be compared to a ‘grand slam’ tennis tournament. I was highly motivated, excited when thinking about the challenge of playing against the best players in the world. But in the end I did not do very well. I was a bit exhausted and angry about the competition standards (e.g. bad transportation and no accessible accommodation). In the end, I played a couple of good matches, but was not really impressive for most of the matches during the competition. I have at least one very good souvenir: in team with Fabien Lamirault we played quite well and enjoyed our matches. Results: - 4th in single event - Silver in team Next sport’s event: Nationale 1 in Valenciennes, January 9th Vince, trainee reporter [01 Déc 2009 ], live from Brasilia  comments: 0

Latest news:

	[14 Nov 2009 ] Singles Competion in the National 1 league, November 14th. This second tour took place in Sete. The 20 best French wheelchair players were there, all classes mixed. My goal was to stay in this elite national ...  comments: 0
	[09 Nov 2009 ] 2 silver medals at Lignano, Italy 1st international competition this season : that was the 1st tournament since the European championships, which also took place in Italy (...  comments: 0
	[13 Juin 2009 ] European Championships Singles class 2 (my category) : I had tough matches since the qualification group, up to the ½ final. When I beat 16-14 at the last set...  comments: 1
	[23 Mai 2009 ] Gold and Silver at the Romanian Open This was the last competition before the European championship in Genoa, Italy. Tournament conditions were excellent at this 3rd edition of the Romani...  comments: 9
	[09 Mai 2009 ] French championships The French championships were in Angers for my class. There were 3 competitions: In the ‘Open’ competition, class I and 2 united: I play...  comments: 0
	[14 Fév 2009 ] National competition in Raon l’Etape (Vosges) We had an intensive training camp in Etival-Clairefontaine, right before the national competition scheduled in Raon l’Etape (in the same department : ...  comments: 0
	[11 Fév 2009 ] Training camp in Etival (Vosges) Jerome Humbert is the head coach for the French team. Almost every month, he organizes a training camp in his association, where we train hard in orde...  comments: 0
	[19 Jan 2009 ] Golden paralympians and olympians honored by the President The French ¨President Nicolas Sarkozy has honored the Paralympians and Olympians who won a medal during the last Games in Beijing. Vince was decorate...  comments: 0
	[17 Jan 2009 ] National 1, Argentan A national competition was organized in the city of Argentan, in the sport association managed by Emeric Martin. We have some national events during ...  comments: 7
	[18 Sept 2008 ] invited by the French President We were back to France at 6pm, and were invited at the “Elysee Palace” at 7pm by Nicolas Narkozy, French President. While we had to rush into Paris...  comments: 25
	[17 Sept 2008 ] CLOSING CEREMONY Today Vincent visited HP China's head office, met with employees and gave a short ping pong demonstration with Kouros and played against a few volunte...  comments: 14
	[16 Sept 2008 ] BEIJING PARALYMPIQUE VILLAGE Karen, his wife, Pierre, his father and I are meeting Vincent at the Paralympic Village this morning. The first step is to find a taxi driver who und...  comments: 1
	[15 Sept 2008 ] TEAM COMPETITION – FINALS Kouros and I met up with Vincent, Stephane, Damien and Jean-Francois at the Beijing university gymnasium. Our athletes are in shape and motivated to t...  comments: 33
	[14 Sept 2008 ] TEAM COMPETITION - SEMI FINALS Another day filled with emotion. France versus Austria. Hans Ruep will have an opportunity to get his revenge after losing to Vincent in the men’s sin...  comments: 414
	[13 Sept 2008 ] TEAM COMPETITION It’s 10 am and Kouros and I meet Vincent at the Beijing University Gymnasium. We’re getting used to this morning route, eyes closed. Vincent doesn’t s...  comments: 96
	[12 Sept 2008 ] Finals What a day… so rich in emotion. Last night Vincent slept well after having played and re-played today’s match in his head. This morning was a restful ...  comments: 205
	[12 Sept 2008 ] Day off After yesterday’s strenuous day of interviews, meetings, autographing sessions, collaborating and thanking sponsors and the Paralympic Federation, Vin...  comments: 6
	[11 Sept 2008 ] The final, live from Beijing september 11th, 5.20pm in Beijing or 11.20am in Amplepuis and Cornillon en Trièves: we play the final match! Let's share this moment together... ......  comments: 209
	[10 Sept 2008 ] Semi-finals Semi-finals We slept to the rhythm of the rain and awoke to a beautiful day. We left for the gymnasium at 9 am with all the rush hour traffic. The sk...  comments: 31
	[09 Sept 2008 ] Day-off Some of Vincent’s fans took advantage of the ‘day-off’ and went to the Great Wall although it was a rainy day without a view. Meanwhile, Vincent took ...  comments: 62
	[08 Sept 2008 ] End of pool matches Despite his false start, Vincent was able to fall asleep quickly last night but went on to have a restless night replaying the losing match in his dre...  comments: 122
	[07 Sept 2008 ] First match 1 :30 pm Last briefing with Kouros the coach on game tactics , and strong and weak points of his opponent. 3:30 pm Vincent goes to the warm-up hall...  comments: 47
	[06 Sept 2008 ] Opening ceremony A day without seeing Vince as he had a relaxing time in the village being massaged and doing physiotherapy (“Eh! Karen’s not there but don’t take too ...  comments: 4
	[05 Sept 2008 ] The draw It seems that there is something going on in Beijing at the moment for which our friend Vincent (trainee reporter) has been summoned, therefore he has...  comments: 8
	[04 Sept 2008 ] Competition venue We had a chance today to go and train in the competition venue, located in the Beijing University. The hall is amazing, and I was really impressed th...  comments: 11
	[03 Sept 2008 ] 1st training session The French team got its first training session today, 3rd of September. Finally it was time to discover and test the “mysterious Chinese tables”, that...  comments: 11
	[02 Sept 2008 ] Welcome in Beijing! After an uneventful 10 hour flight, we landed in Peking. So far so good: blue sky, nice weather, plenty of volunteers to welcome and help us, perm...  comments: 5
	[01 Sept 2008 ] Flight AF126: Paris-Beijing We left the French Paralympic Committee very early in order to catch our flight. As a bonus, our buses were escorted by the Police, enabling us to cro...  comments: 3
	[31 Août 2008 ] The day before departure: a nice stop-over We stayed in Paris at the French Paralympic Committee for a couple of days awaiting athletes from all of the Olympic sports. As well as last minute ad...  comments: 2
	[29 Août 2008 ] "When will you fly to Beijing?" Is THE question of the month ! Departure, September 1st , and a few more important dates: Until the 25th of August: training in Gre...  comments: 5
	[28 Août 2008 ] Could you pee in this flask please? We are supervised by the French anti-doping agency, as are all elite athletes, which can show up anytime, any place throughout the table tennis season...  comments: 3
	[26 Août 2008 ] National training camp : the last one... We spent more than 50% of our summer time in the city of Chartres, training hard twice a day. Today, we start the last national training camp, before...  comments: 0
	[24 Août 2008 ] Last weekend before take-off: it’s party time!!! After months and months of a full-on schedule preparing the Games, we organized a little weekend get together with friends at our house in the Trièves...  comments: 0
	[30 Juin 2008 ] German Open, Wuppertal. June 25-29 In 2008, I am only playing in 2 tournaments in preparation for the Games. My objectives are to evaluate my opponents’ level of play and to test out th...  comments: 5
	[21 Juin 2008 ] Official Qualification Did it ! Once the international commission validated the qualifications so did the national commission and as of the 21st of June (happens t...  comments: 86
	[01 Juin 2008 ] Slovak Open, May 26 –June 1 In 2008, I will only have played in 2 tournaments before the Olympic Games. My objective is to evaluate the level of my foreign opponents and to test ...  comments: 1
	[03 Mai 2008 ] French championships The French championships were in Gruissan for my class. There were 3 competitions, and after a month of training with my coach, Kouros, I whole hear...  comments: 0
	[02 Avr 2008 ] Ranked #1 worldwide ! The offical ranking list has been published yesterday. I am still ranked #1, which is a great motivation to prepare national and international events...  comments: 2
	[01 Avr 2008 ] HP partnership As of the 1st of April, Ping pong becomes easy ; no, it’s not a joke, and it’s even a first in history for me! As of April 1st, I have been c...  comments: 1
	[16 Fév 2008 ] Singles competition in the National 1 league It took place in Angers, where the 16 best French wheelchair players were participating, all classes mixed (1 to 5). My goal was to remain in this eli...  comments: 0
	[10 Fév 2008 ] National training camps The season is very busy with national training sessions at the 2 main camps : 1- St Die des Vosges: This is Jerome Humbert’s home town, the French...  comments: 990
	[19 Jan 2008 ] Singles Competition in the National 1 league, January 19th This second tour took place in Cherbourg. The 16 best French wheelchair players were there, all classes mixed. My goal was to stay in this elite nati...  comments: 0
	[01 Jan 2008 ] January 1st 2008 : Number One ! Happy New Year to you all ! The first day of the year is always an important one for pingpongers/haha! / table tennis players. The world ranking is fr...  comments: 0
	[30 Déc 2007 ] Vincent Boury: the olympic dream... Vincent Boury is ranked #1 worldwide since April 2007 The 2008 olympics in Beijing will be an opportunity for our pingponger, Vince, to kick s...  comments: 115
	[28 Déc 2007 ] 2005-2007 : a very quiet web site, but lots of sport indeed ! Sorry, You have not been updated often during the past 3 years. But the competition is still hard, and the road to Beijing 2008 is open. ...  comments: 0

Support me!

Best performances:

• Paralympic Champion, 2008 (Beijing, China)
• Ranked #2 at the World championships, 2006 (Montreux, Switzerland)
• Gold medal, Tetra Open of Cologne (Germany, 2006)
• Gold medal, European championships (Italy, 2005)
• Winner of the World Tetra Top (Cologne, 2004)
• Gold medal, European championships (Croatia, 2003)
• Silver medal, World championships (Taiwan, 2002)
• Winner of the World Team Cup (Netherlands, 2002)
• Gold medal, European championships (Germany, 2001)
• Bronze medal, Paralympic Games in Sydney (Australia, 2000)
• Gold medal, European championships (Slovakia, 1999)
• Bronze medal, World championships (France, 1998)
• Winner of the European Top 12 (Belgium, 1997)
• Silver medal, Paralympic Games in Atlanta (USA, 1996)
• French champion since 1990