Personal information | |
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Nickname | Monsieur plus |
Nationality | France |
Born | Orsay (essonne) | 4 September 1985
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | long jump, triple jump, 100 m |
Club | Stade Français |
Medal record |
Arnaud Assoumani (born 4 September 1985) is a T46 French athlete.
He represented France in the F46 long jump at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, and won gold by setting a new world record with a jump of 7.23 metres. He had previously won bronze at the 2004 Games. [1]
As of 2008 [update] , Assoumani is a student at the prestigious Institut d'études politiques de Paris. He is a left forearm amputee. [1]
Arnaud Assoumani is a French athlete from Comorian origins, born without a lower left arm on 4 September 1985 at Orsay, near Paris. He grew up at Rochefort-sur-Loire (Maine-et-Loire).
He represented France in the long jump, F46 category, at the 2008 Paralympics Summer Games where he received a gold with a new world record of 7.23 meters. At the 2004 Paralympics Summer games, he received a bronze in the same event. He did better than his own world record at the 2010 Bercy French Elite room championship with a 7.82 meter jump. He tried to compete at the 2012 London Olympic Summer games as a regular competitor, but withdrew following an accident that hurts his Achilles tendon. He received a silver medal at triple jump at the 2012 Paralympics Summer games, with a 14.28 meter jump.
Arnaud Assoumani studied at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris where he earned a BTS in film cutting and post production in 2006 at EICAR.
He was selected to participate at the 2016 Rio Summer Paralympic games at the Palmarès France room athleticism championship (valids).
Long jump
Palmarès at Paralympics Games Long jump
Triple jump
Palmarès World Championship (handisport) Long jump
100m
Palmarès Europe championship (handisport) Saut en longueur
Saut en hauteur
Relay 4*100m
In 2012, Arnaud Assoumani started a Golden Arm project, an effort to "graphically customize" prosthesis worn during competitions.
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