Milena Surreau

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Milena Surreau
Sport
Sport Para badminton / Para snowboard
DisabilitySpastique Tetraplegia
Disability class SL3 / SB-LL1
Medal record
Representing Flag of France.svg France
European Para Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Rotterdam Singles SL4
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2025 IstanbulSingles SL3

Milena Surreau (born 12 May 1997) is a French para-badminton player who competes in international badminton competitions, she is a European champion and has competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. [1] [2]

Surreau has a rare neurological disease called Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia that causes muscle weakness in her legs, arms, and spasticity. She also has autism. [3]

In 2025, she began a career in para snowboard by competing on the French Cup circuit, where she won the overall ranking after three victories in Giant Slalom. [4] She then qualified for the French Championships, where she earned two national titles in Giant Slalom and Boarder Cross. [5]

Surreau is also a self-taught musician who plays the drums, saxophone and guitar. She is also author and composer. She used to work in Guérande as a salt worker [6] before having to stop because of her disability. [7]

She is now the producer and host of Journal d’une parabadiste, the number one podcast in France about Paralympic sport. [8]

References

  1. "Milena Surreau - France Paralympique (in French)". France Paralympique. 11 October 2025.
  2. "Historic triumph: Milena Surreau becomes European champion in para-badminton after a breathtaking final (in French)". BadmintonZone.fr. 6 October 2025.
  3. "Milena, autiste : d'agricultrice à athlète de haut-niveau (in French)". Handicap fr. 17 October 2025.
  4. "Après ses Jeux paralympiques de Paris en badminton, Milena ramène des médailles d'or en snowboard ! (in French)". L'echo de la Presqu'ile. 12 February 2025.
  5. "Loire-Atlantique : encore de l'or pour Milena en parasnowboard (in French)". L'echo de la Presqu'ile. 12 February 2025.
  6. "This artist who plays the little music of para badminton (in French)". ablock. 28 August 2024.
  7. "Milena, autiste : d'agricultrice à athlète de haut-niveau (in French)". Handicap fr. 17 October 2025.
  8. "Handicap, l'inclusion est-elle toujours un combat ?". RCF. 3 January 2025.