Arnaud Assoumani is a Paralympic long jump champion.
Arnaud Assoumani is a Paralympic athlete, born on September 4, 1985 in Orsay and of Comorian origin. A long jump specialist, he came 8th at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, but above all won the gold medal in Beijing. “At the age of 5, when I was watching the World Athletics Championships on TV, I fell in love with the long jump and the athletes who, for me, were flying through the air. I wanted to fly too! I went to see my father and told him “one day I’ll do the Olympic Games”. Apparently this dream has never left me! The performance I’m aiming for, place, or more generally. To pass the 8m mark and end my career in Paris with, ideally, a medal around my neck.” At the same time, he studied at the Institut d’études politiques de Paris and then at EICAR, a film school where he obtained a BTS in editing. His handicap, “his engine” as he prefers to call it, is from birth, since he was born without a left forearm.
Awards
- 2023 – World Championships
- Paris : 4th – long jump T47
- 2021 – Paralympic Games
- Tokyo : 8th – long jump T47
- 2019 – World Championship
- Dubai : Abandonment / Injury
- 2017 – World Championship
- London : Silver medal – long jump T47
- 2016 – Paralympic Games
- Rio : Bronze Medal – Long Jump T47
- 2013 – World Championship
- Lyon : Bronze medal – long jump T46
- 2012 – Paralympic Games
- London : Silver Medal – Long Jump T46 / Silver Medal – Triple Jump T46
- 2011 – World Championship
- Christchurch : Gold Medal – Long Jump T46 / Bronze Medal – 100m T46
- 2008 – Paralympic Games
- Beijing: Gold Medal – Long Jump T46
- 2006 – World Championship
- Assen : Gold medal – long jump T46
- 2005 – European Championship
- Espoo: Silver Medal – Long Jump T46
- 2004 – Paralympic Games
- Athens: Bronze Medal – High Jump T46
- 2003- European Championship
- Axes : Gold Medal – High Jump T46 / Gold Medal – 4x100m T46 / Silver Medal – Long Jump T46
