Abassia Rahmani

Abassia Rahmani

Personal information
Nickname(s)	Swiss Blade Runner, Gazelle
Born	(1992-07-02) 2 July 1992 (age 33) Zürich, Switzerland
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country	Switzerland
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Disability	Meningitis survivor
Disability class	T62
Event(s)	100 metres 200 metres
Club	LV Winterthur
Coached by	Georg Pfarrwaller
Medal record Paralympic athletics Representing   Switzerland European Championships 2018 Berlin Women's 200m T62 2016 Grosseto Women's 100m T44

Abassia Rahmani (number 779)

Abassia Rahmani (born 2 July 1992) is a Swiss Paralympic athlete of Algerian descent who competes in international sprinting events. ^[1]

She was a very keen and active person who had a huge interest in snowboarding, gymnastics, horse riding and track and field. When Rahmani was sixteen, she had both of her legs amputated due to bacterial meningitis but continued her passion in athletics and tried out Paralympic athletics. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. "Abassia Rahmani - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 10 May 2020.^{[ dead link ]}
2. "Abassia Rahmani Swiss Blade Runner". abassia-rahmani.com. 10 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2018-02-05.
3. "Abassia Rahmani: Man hat nur dieses eine Leben (in German)". srf.ch. 8 April 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-04-21.

External links

• Abassia Rahmani at the International Paralympic Committee
• Abassia Rahmani at the Swiss Paralympic Committee (in German and French)