Arnaud Assoumani

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Arnaud Assoumani
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Arnaud Assoumani (2005)
Personal information
NicknameMonsieur plus
Nationality Flag of France.svg France
Born (1985-09-04) 4 September 1985 (age 38)
Orsay (essonne)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s) long jump, triple jump, 100 m
ClubStade Français
Medal record
Men's para athletics
Representing Flag of France.svg France
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Beijing Long jump F46
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 London Triple jump F46
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Athens Long jump F46
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Christchurch 100 m T46

Arnaud Assoumani (born 4 September 1985) is a T46 French athlete.

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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, 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).

Competitions

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

Projects

In 2012, Arnaud Assoumani started a Golden Arm project, an effort to "graphically customize" prosthesis worn during competitions.

Advertising

Arnaud Assoumani participates in Samsung advertising campaigns linked to Olympic Games.

Distinctions

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References

  1. 1 2 "Assoumani roi de la longueur" Archived September 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine , France 2, September 10, 2008