Marie-Amélie Le Fur

Marie-Amélie Le Fur

Marie-Amélie Le Fur at the 2013 IPC Athletics Championship
Personal information
Born (1988-09-26) 26 September 1988
Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher, France
Sport
Country  France
Sport Paralympic athletics
Medal record
Track and field (T44)
Representing  France
Paralympic Games
2012 London 100m - T44
2016 Rio de Janeiro Long Jump - F44
2008 Beijing Long Jump - F44
2008 Beijing 100m - T44
2012 London 200m - T44
2012 London Long Jump - F42/44
2016 Rio de Janeiro 200m - T44
IPC World Championships
2011 Christchurch 100m - T44
2011 Christchurch 200m - T44
2015 Doha 400m - T44
2015 Doha Long jump - T44
2013 Lyon 100m - T44
2013 Lyon 200m - T44
2013 Lyon Long jump - T44
2015 Doha 200m - T44
IPC Athletics European Championships
2014 Swansea 400m - T44
2016 Grosseto 400m - T44
2014 Swansea Long jump - T44
2016 Grosseto Long jump - T42-44

Marie-Amélie Le Fur (born 26 September 1988) is a Paralympic athlete from France competing in T44 sprint and F44 long jump events. Her left leg was amputated below the knee following a motor scooter accident in 2004.[1] Before she lost her leg, she was a French junior running champion.[2]

She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, 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.

She won gold in the T44 100m in London 2012 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.[3]

As of January 2013, she also holds T44 world records at 400m and 800m distances.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Londres, Eric Albert, correspondant à (4 September 2012). "Marie-Amélie Le Fur, nouvelle icône du sprint tricolore". Retrieved 6 September 2016 – via Le Monde.
  2. ↑ "Reid is ready". Stef Reid. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Athletics - Women's 200 m T44". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "IPC Athletics World Records".
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