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Full name | Marie Emmanuelle Anais Alphonse | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | November 23, 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Mauritius | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 metres 200 metres 400 metres 800 metres 1500 metres 5000 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Jean-Marie Bhugeerathee | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marie Emmanuelle Anais Alphonse, better known as Noemi Alphonse, (born November 23, 1995 [1] ) is a Mauritian Paralympic athlete competing in the T54 classifiaction. Noemi represented Mauritius at multiple World Para Athletics Championships and the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Alphonse is from Sainte-Croix, Mauritius [2] and was born in 1995 with a limb deficiency. She was fitted for her first prosthetic at eight years old. [3] She attended Père Laval R.C.A School, Lorette College, and Université de Maurice. [2]
Alphonse represented Mauritius at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, competing in the women's T54 100m, 400m, 800m, and 1500m. [4] She was the first Mauritian athlete to participate in a final at the Paralympic Games and set a new African record in the T54 1500m. [5] She placed fifth in the 100m, sixth in the 400m, seventh in the 800m, [6] and tenth in the 1500m. [7]
At the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships, Alphonse won silver in the women's 100m T54, Mauritius' first ever medal at a World Para Athletics Championships. [8] She also placed third in the women's 400m T54. Alphonse won gold in women’s 100m T54 at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships, which was Mauritius' first gold medal at a World Para Athletics Championships. [9] She also placed fifth in the women's 800m T54, [10] seventh in the women's 1500m T54, [11] and won a silver medal in women's 400m T54. [12]
Alphonse competed in the women's T54 100m, 400m, 800m, and marathon at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and was a flag-bearer for Mauritius. [13] She placed fourth in the T54 100m. [14] She placed second in the 2024 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon [15]