Claim: Cécile Hernandez was selected for the Paralympic snowboarding team for the Sochi Games in February 2014 and later on won a silver Paralympic medal at Sochi where she was named a Knight of the National Order of Merit, a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic.
Evidence: She was selected for the Paralympic snowboarding team for the Sochi Games in February 2014, with just over a month to prepare, but was encouraged by her performance at the World Para Snowboard World Cup the previous month. She won a silver Paralympic medal at Sochi, with a snowboard cross time of 2:07.31, and was named a knight of the National Order of Merit by then-president François Hollande in June 2014. The Ordre national du Mérite (French: [ɔʁdʁ nɑsjɔnal dy meʁit; English: National Order of Merit) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle.