Anne d’Ieteren, former dressage rider and honorary chair of the Belgian Paralympic Committee, will carry the Paralympic flame on Monday, two days ahead of the Paralympics opening ceremony in Paris on 28 August.
This was confirmed by the Francophone Equestrian Federation, LEWB, on its website on Thursday.
D’Ieteren is among a thousand torchbearers.
The flame will be ignited on Saturday in Stoke Mandeville, northwest of London, where the Paralympic movement was born after the Second World War.
The honour of carrying the torch is extended to both Paralympic athletes and representatives of societies and social organisations.
LEWB member d’Ieteren will walk a few hundred metres with the precious torch in Chambly, north of Paris. This is a significant honour for a woman who has greatly contributed to the Paralympic movement, particularly in the field of para-dressage, in Belgium and beyond.
The flame will enter France through the Channel Tunnel. There, 24 English athletes will pass the torch to 24 French athletes. In all, twelve torches, including the main flame, will journey across France for four days.
From 29 August, the flame can be viewed in the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, while the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games is scheduled for 8 September.
The Belgian Paralympic delegation to Paris comprises 29 athletes.
