Guillaume Junior Atangana

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Guillaume Junior Atangana
Personal information
Born (1999-01-22) 22 January 1999 (age 26) [1]
Sport
CountryFlag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Sport Para-athletics
Disability class T11
Event(s)
 100 metres
400 metres
Medal record
Men's para-athletics
Representing the Paralympic flag (2019).svg Refugee Paralympic Team
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris 400 m T11
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 New Delhi 400 m T11

Guillaume Junior Atangana (born 22 January 1999) is a Cameroonian T11 Paralympic sprint runner. He won the Paralympic Refugee Team's first gold medal at the World Para Athletics Championships in 2025.

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Career

He represented the Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal in the 400 metres T11 event. [1] [2] He competed at the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships and won a gold medal in the 400 metres T11 event. This was the Paralympic Refugee Team's first gold medal at the World Para Athletics Championships. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Guillaume Junior Atangana". Paris 2024 Paralympics . Retrieved 1 September 2024. (alternate link)
  2. ↑ "Q&A with Refugee Paralympic Team athlete Guillaume Junior Atangana". paralympic.org. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  3. ↑ "New Delhi 2025: Atangana wins historic world title for Paralympic Refugee Team". paralympic.org. 30 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.


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