HENNOUNI-BOUZIDI Redouane

France

Athletics

Date of Birth: 16 Jan 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T38

Place of residence : AMIENS

Residence Country:

France

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 1500m - T38	4

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 1500m - T38 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
12	1500m - T38	2019	Dubai, UAE	4:26.47
European Championships
1	1500m - T38	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	4:04.39
1	1500m - T38	2018	Berlin, GER	4:13.12

Occupation:

Athlete

Languages spoken:

French

Club name:

Amiens Universite Club [France]

Coach:

Pascal Machat, from 2020

Other sports:

He has taken part in cross-country competitions at national level. (laplainedesvosgesinfo.fr, 09 Mar 2019; gazettesports.fr, 22 Feb 2019)

Debut:

2018 for France, European Championships in Berlin, Germany (france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr, 24 Aug 2018)

Injuries:

He suffered from a back injury in 2017 after falling during 3000m steeplechase training. (handisport-hautsdefrance.org, 22 Aug 2018; courrier-picard.fr, 20 Mar 2018)

He sustained a tibia-fibula fracture after returning from the accident that led to his impairment, which caused him to stop figure skating. (france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr, 24 Aug 2018; courrier-picard.fr, 20 Mar 2018)

Start:

He began practising athletics in Amiens, France, in 2007. He began competing alongside able-bodied runners, and once he could not compete with them he switched to Para athletics in 2017. (France 3 Hauts-de-France YouTube channel, 06 May 2019; handisport-hautsdefrance.org, 22 Aug 2018)

Reason:

"It was by chance. I wanted to run and enrolled in the Amiens Universite Club because I just could not do nothing. I haven't stopped since." (France 3 Hauts-de-France YouTube channel, 06 May 2019; handisport-hautsdefrance.org, 22 Aug 2018)

Ambition:

To win a gold medal at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr, 24 Aug 2018)

Memorable:

Winning gold in the T38 1500m at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Germany. (France 3 Hauts-de-France YouTube channel, 06 Nov 2018)

Hero:

French athlete Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad. (france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr, 24 Aug 2018)

Philosophy:

"I am a warrior, and warriors go until the end." (France 3 Hauts-de-France YouTube channel, 06 Nov 2018)

General Interest

Classification
T38 (IPC, 09 Feb 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (courrier-picard.fr, 20 Mar 2018)

Impairment Details
He has paralysis on the right side of his body due to a head injury he sustained while figure skating. "I was trying a double-twist jump when my head struck [another skater's] skate. I was hospitalised and underwent brain surgery to remove a blood clot." (france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr, 24 Aug 2018; courrier-picard.fr, 20 Mar 2018)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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