Arnaud Assoumani (born 4 September 1985) is a T46 French athlete.
He represented France in the F46 long jump at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, 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 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
Arnaud Assoumani at the Fédération Française d'Athlétisme
Living people
1985 births
Paralympic athletes for France
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic gold medalists for France
Paralympic bronze medalists for France
World record holders in para-athletics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic silver medalists for France
Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) French amputees French disabled sportspeople French male sprinters French male long jumpers French male triple jumpers 21st-century French people