Marie-Amélie Le Fur

Marie-Amélie Le Fur

Marie-Amélie Le Fur at the 2013 IPC Athletics Championship
Personal information
Born	September 26, 1988
Sport
Country	France
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Medal record Track and field (T44) Competitor for  France Paralympic Games 2012 London 100m - T44 2008 Beijing Long Jump - F44 2008 Beijing 100m - T44 2012 London 200m - T44 2012 London Long Jump - F42/44 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 2014 Swansea Long jump - T44

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. http://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2012/09/04/marie-amelie-le-fur-nouvelle-icone-du-sprint-tricolore_1754930_3242.html
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".

External links

• Results for Marie-Amelie Le Fur from the International Paralympic Committee