Aurélie Aubert

Aurélie Aubert (born 9 June 1997) is a French boccia player. She is a Paralympic champion at the Summer Paralympics in 2024.

Career Aubert began playing boccia in 2010, at the age of 12 or 13. Not liking sports at that age, she says she came to boccia because the educators at the Richebourg rehabilitation center, where she was a resident, had promised her, in exchange, "lots of squares" of chocolate. There she also met Claudine Llop Cliville, then a nurse, who became her playing assistant and coach. Aubert trains twice a week, for about ten hours. She is supported in her practice by a mental trainer, video analysis and physiotherapy. Captaining the French team, She then won the gold medal by beating Singaporean Jeralyn Tan in the final, despite an error at the end of the match; she refused the last three balls, wrongly believing that her opponent had no more. She still won the game 2–0, 5-0 and 5–3. She said she hoped that her victory would give more visibility to boccia.

Aubert is a member of the Win'27 disabled sports club in Aubevoye, Eure.

Personal life Aubert has cerebral palsy due to a lack of oxygen at birth. She lives in a foster family.