Le Fur at the 2013 IPC Athletics Championship
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| Personal information | |
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| Born | (1988-09-26) 26 September 1988 (age 35) Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France |
| Sport | |
| Country |  France |
| Sport | Paralympic athletics |
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Marie-Amélie Le Fur (French pronunciation: [maʁi ameli lə fyʁ]; born 26 September 1988) she is a French Paralympic athlete from Vendôme, Centre Region, competing in T44 sprint and F44 long jump events.[1] Her left leg was amputated below the knee following a motor scooter accident in 2004.[2] Before she lost her leg, she was a French junior running champion.[3] As of 2023, Le Fur is the President of the French Paralympic and Sports Committee.[4]
Le Fur competed in the 2008 Summer ParalympicsinBeijing, China.[5] 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.[5]
Le Fur 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.[6] She won silver in the T44 200m, behind T43 athlete Marlou van Rhijn, but in a new T44 world record time.[7]
In the 2016 Summer Paralympic GamesinRio de Janeiro, Brazil, Le Fur captured gold medals in both the long jump T44 and the 400 metres T44 events, both with world records.[5] She also won a bronze medal in the 200 metre- T44 event.[5]
She also represented France at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. She won the silver medal in the women's long jump T64 event.[8]
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