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

athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...

. He represented France in the F46

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

, 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."Assoumani roi de la longueur"
, France 2, September 10, 2008 , Assoumani is a student at the prestigious Institut d'études politiques de Paris. He is a left forearm amputee. 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 * Bronze medal long jump at Paris Bercy Palmarès at Paralympics Games Long jump * Bronze medal at Athen 2004 * Paralympic champion andworld record 2008 (7,23 m) * Paralympic Vice-Champion long jump and triple jump, London, 2012, (7,13 m) Triple jump * Paralympic Vice-Champion triple jump, London, 2012 (14,28 m) Palmarès World Championship (handisport) Long jump * World Champion long jump at Assen, 2006 * World Champion du Monde long jump at Christchurch, 2011 * Bronze medal long jump, Lyon, 2013 100m * Bronze medal, Christchurch, 2011 Palmarès Europe championship (handisport) Saut en longueur * Europe Vice-Champion long jump, Assen, 2003 * Europe Vice-Champion long jump, Espoo, 2005 Saut en hauteur * Europe Champion high jump, Assen, 2003 Relay 4*100m * Europe relay champion 4*100m, Assen, 2003

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

* Honnor Legion

References

External links

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Arnaud Assoumani
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