Assia El Hannouni
El Hannouni in 2008 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 May 1981 Dijon, France |
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) |
Medal record | |
Assia El Hannouni (born 30 May 1981,[1] in Dijon)[2][3] is a French track and field athlete who specialises in the 800 metres Paralympic sprint. She has Retinitis pigmentosa[4] which means that she is almost blind, with less than one tenth vision in her left eye, and zero in her right eye. She also runs against athletes without disabilities, in 800m sprint events.[5][6]
Representing her country at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, she won four gold medals, winning the 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m sprints, and breaking the world record in each event.[6][7]
She represented France again at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, and was the country's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony.[8][9] She won silver in the 800m sprint (T13/12) with a time of 2’4’’96,[10][11] before winning silver in the 1500m, and gold in both the 200m and 400m sprints.[12]
In 2007, she set a new world record in the women's 800 metre sprint in her disability category, with a time of 2’6’’76.[5] The same year, she competed against non-disabled athletes in the 800 metres at the French national indoors championships, finishing fifth.[13]
As of 2007, El Hannouni is studying journalism at the Institut national du sport et de l'éducation physique (National Institute of Sport and Physical Education).[5]
In 2024 she was part of the Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, carrying the torch during its journey from Place de la Concorde to the Paralympics cauldron at the Tuileries Garden.[14]
References
- ^ "Assia El'Hannouni: Courir contre les ombres", Télé 7 Jours, 6 September 2008, p.54
- ^ "Le passe de quatre pour Assia El Hannouni" Archived 18 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Direction départementale de la jeunesse et des sports du Val-de-Marne
- ^ "la femme du jour Assia El Hannouni", L'Humanité, 29 September 2004
- ^ "Sprint queen El Hannouni bows out with gold". France24. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ a b c "Assia El Hannouni, le sens de la course", L'Humanité, 27 June 2007
- ^ a b "La Reine Assia", Fédération Française d'Athlétisme
- ^ "La France vise une soixantaine de médailles", Radio France Internationale, 27 June 2008
- ^ "La France vise une soixantaine de médailles", Radio France Internationale, 27 June 2008
- ^ "Jeux Paralympiques Pékin 2008 : Assia El Hannouni, porte drapeau de la délégation française", RTL, 27 June 2008
- ^ "Paralympiques - Les Français en demi-teinte" Archived 13 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Le petit journal, 10 September 2008
- ^ "Results - Tuesday 9 September", BBC
- ^ List of French medallists Archived 18 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, official website of the 2008 Paralympics
- ^ "Assia El-Hannouni voit l'avenir en courant", Marianne, 24 February 2008
- ^ Cousin, Victor (28 August 2024). "Paralympic opening ceremony: with El Hannouni, Lachaud and Hess, French legends in the spotlight". Le Parisien. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
External links
- Assia El Hannouni at World Athletics
- Assia El Hannouni at the Fédération Française d'Athlétisme (archive) (in French)
- Assia El Hannouni at the International Paralympic Committee
- Assia El Hannouni at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Assia El Hannouni at Équipe de France (in French)
- Assia El Hannouni at France Paralympique (in French)