Marie-Amélie Le Fur (; born 26 September 1988) she is a French

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from

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, Centre Region, competing in T44 sprint and F44 long jump events. Her left leg was amputated below the knee following a motor scooter accident in 2004. Before she lost her leg, she was a French junior running champion. As of 2023, Le Fur is the President of the

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. Le Fur competed in the

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, China. There she won a silver medal in the women's Long jump – F44 event, a silver medal in the women's 100 metres – T44 event, and finished eighth in the women's 200 metres – T44 event. Le Fur won gold in the T44 100m in

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in a photo-finish, just ahead of Netherlands' Marlou van Rhijn and the USA's April Holmes. She won silver in the T44 200m, behind T43 athlete Marlou van Rhijn, but in a new T44 world record time. In the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games in

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, Brazil, Le Fur captured gold medals in both the long jump T44 and the 400 metres T44 events, both with world records. She also won a bronze medal in the 200 metre- T44 event. She also represented France at the

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in Tokyo, Japan. She won the silver medal in the women's long jump T64 event.

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