The Boccia Mountain

This manga was produced thanks to the support of France’s Paralympic Sports
Committee and in collaboration with the athlete Sonia Heckel (boccia).
“The French Paralympic and Sports Committee (CPSF) leads France’s Paralympic
team to the Games. Paralympic manga are a unique opportunity to discover and
learn more about sports that are still mostly unknown. And, through an
original medium, linking the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with those of Paris
2024, along with all Paralympic athletes.”
Marie-Amélie Le Fur (President of the French Paralympic and Sports Committee)
Suffering from a rare degenerative disease which gradually paralyzes her, our
heroine finds her strength in the sport of boccia – providing her with the
will to fight and always surpass herself in order to reach the top by
completing the Paralympic Games.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

At the age of 20, Céline Gaudet decided to transform her passion for manga
into a profession. She left Montreal to take courses under the direction of a
Japanese manga teacher, at AAA-Ecole de Manga. She writes under the pseudonym
Reptilian.
 In collaboration with Sonia Heckel, a 31 year old athlete from Nancy, France,
who has myopathy. This genetic disease prevents her muscles from regenerating,
which, since the age of 13, has required use of an electric wheelchair. Sonia
has been practicing Boccia since she was 18. She immediately fell in love with
having to fight to “score a point” and quickly understood that this sport
suited her perfectly. To date, she is a triple French Champion, with her
sports assistant, Florent Brachet, and European Team Champion. In parallel to
her sporting career, Sonia is an Accounting Secretary at Vandoeuvre Nancy
Volley Ball.