Abassia Rahmani
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| Nickname(s) | Swiss Blade Runner, Gazelle | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 July 1992 Zürich, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Meningitis survivor | |||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T62 | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 metres 200 metres | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | LV Winterthur | |||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Georg Pfarrwaller | |||||||||||||||||
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Abassia Rahmani (born 2 July 1992) is a Swiss Paralympic athlete of Algerian descent who competes in international sprinting events. [1]
She was a very keen and active person who had a huge interest in snowboarding, gymnastics, horse riding and track and field. When Rahmani was sixteen, she had both of her legs amputated due to bacterial meningitis but continued her passion in athletics and tried out Paralympic athletics.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Abassia Rahmani - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 10 May 2020.[dead link]
- ^ "Abassia Rahmani Swiss Blade Runner". abassia-rahmani.com. 10 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2018-02-05.
- ^ "Abassia Rahmani: Man hat nur dieses eine Leben (in German)". srf.ch. 8 April 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-04-21.
External links
[edit]- Abassia Rahmani at the International Paralympic Committee
- Abassia Rahmani at the Swiss Paralympic Committee (in German and French)
Categories:
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Zurich
- Sportspeople from Winterthur
- Swiss people of Algerian descent
- Paralympic athletes for Switzerland
- Swiss female sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- 21st-century Swiss sportswomen
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics