Sami El Gueddari (born 1 February 1984 in

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
(US) and wheelchair racer Wheelchair racing is the racing of wheelchairs in track and road races. Wheelchair racing is open to athletes with any qualifying type of disability, amputees, spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy and partially sighted (when combined with another ...

and competitive swimmer who participated in the

Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

of 2008 and 2012. He was a bronze medalist at the

2009 IPC Swimming European Championships The 2009 IPC Swimming European Championships was an international swimming competition. It was held in Reykjavik, Iceland and ran from 18 to 24 October. Around 650 athletes from 37 different countries attended. Great Britain finished top of the m ...

. He is a specialist of 50 meter and 100 meter freestyle.

Biography

Sami El Gueddari suffers from congenital

agenesis In medicine, agenesis () refers to the failure of an organ to develop during embryonic growth and development due to the absence of primordial tissue. Many forms of agenesis are referred to by individual names, depending on the organ affected: * A ...

in the left leg, which stops at the

tibia The tibia (; ), also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outside of the tibia); it connects ...

. Retired since 2013, he is now sporting director of the swimming disability program within the French Federation Handisport. In 2019, he was a contestant in the tenth season of French version of ''

Dancing with the Stars ''Dancing with the Stars'' is the name of various international television series based on the format of the British TV series '' Strictly Come Dancing'', which is distributed by BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the forma ...

'' with partner

Fauve Hautot Fauve Hautot (born 3 March 1986) is a French dancer and choreographer. Early life Fauve Hautot was born in Dieppe. Her father was an accountant with a passion for dance, and her mother was a dance teacher. She has a younger sister, Calliope, an ...

and he won the competition.

Danse avec les stars

In 2019, he participated in the tenth season of '' Danse avec les stars'' – the French version of ''

''. He was partnered with professional dancer

. On November 23, 2019, they won the competition with 62% of the voting over

Ladji Doucouré Ladji Doucouré (born 28 March 1983 in Juvisy-sur-Orge, department of Essonne in France) is a French track and field athlete. Biography Ladji Doucouré's father and mother was Malian and Senegalese respectively. Ladji Doucouré was a football ...

. In week 3, each couple have an imposed figure, if they succeed, they get 5 bonus points. In final, judge don't gives any note but chose their prefered routine between the two finalists. (Y means that juror prefered Sami & Fauve routine, N means that juror prefered Ladji & Inès routine).

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gueddari, Sami 1984 births Living people French male butterfly swimmers French male freestyle swimmers Paralympic swimmers of France Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics S9-classified Paralympic swimmers Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships

Biography

Danse avec les stars

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