ALPHONSE Marie Emmanuelle Anais

Date of Birth: 23 Nov 1995

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Sport Class: T54

Place of birth: PORT LOUIS

Birth Country:

Mauritius

Place of residence : PORT LOUIS

Residence Country:

Mauritius

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 100m - T54	5
	Women's 400m - T54	6
	Women's 800m - T54	7
	Women's 1500m - T54	10

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 800m - T54 Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 800m - T54 Final	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 1500m - T54 Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 1500m - T54 Final	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m - T54 Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m - T54 Final	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 400m - T54 Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 400m - T54 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
7	Women's 200m T54	2017	London, GBR	32.78
8	800m - T54	2019	Dubai, UAE	2:06.04
8	100m - T54	2017	London, GBR	18.27
10	100m - T54	2019	Dubai, UAE	17.66
11	400m - T54	2019	Dubai, UAE	59.79
11	5000m - T54	2019	Dubai, UAE	14:25.01
12	1500m - T54	2019	Dubai, UAE	3:55.26
12	400m - T54	2017	London, GBR	1:03.88
13	800m - T54	2017	London, GBR	2:07.69
16	1500m - T54	2017	London, GBR	4:14.28
Commonwealth Games
7	1500m - T54	2018	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	3:51.99
7	Marathon - T54	2018	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	2:11:59

Lioness on the Run [given to her by a Mauritian journalist]. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021; Instagram profile, 22 Feb 2021)

Making friendship bracelets, making beaded chains, crocheting. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021, 07 Nov 2019; Handcrafts Boutik Instagram page, 18 Feb 2021)

Occupation:

Multimedia - University of Mauritius, Le Reduit, MRI

Languages spoken:

Creole, English, French

Magic ParaSport Club [Quatre Bornes, MRI]

Jean-Marie Bhugeerathee [national, personal], MRI; Audrey Grancourt [personal], MRI

2015 for Mauritius, Grand Prix in Italy (lagazette-mag.io, 16 Apr 2017)

She began wheelchair racing in 2015. She also took up able-bodied judo as a child. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021, 07 Nov 2019)

She was introduced to Para sport by her friend Sherman Agathe, who was a neighbour of coach Jean-Marie Bhugeerathee. "At age eight I had to stop practising judo because I had to have surgery. Para athletics was the first discipline I practised with people with an impairment. I prefer wheelchair racing. It is like a family." (lemauricien.com, 14 May 2019; defimedia.info, 17 Feb 2019; Athlete, 13 Jul 2017)

To compete at the 2020 and 2024 Paralympic Games. (lemauricien.com, 25 Sep 2020)

She trains for six hours a day, six days a week. (lexpress.mu, 20 Sep 2019; lemauricien.com, 07 Jul 2019)

Setting African records in the T54 100m, 800m and 1500m. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021; IPC African records, 25 Aug 2021)

Her grandfather Laval Lebrasse, her father Jean Alain Alphonse, Mauritian Para athletics coach Jean-Marie Bhugeerathee, US Para athlete Tatyana McFadden, Swiss Para athlete Manuela Schaer. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021, 07 Nov 2019)

Coaches Jean-Marie Bhugeerathee, Hewlett Nelson, and Audrey Grancourt, and her father Jean Alain Alphonse. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021, 07 Nov 2019)

She always combs her hair the same way for competitions. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

Philosophy:

"The best view comes after the hardest climb." (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

She was named Sports Personality of the Year and Female Para Athlete of the Year in the physical impairment category at the 2019 National Sports Awards in Mauritius. (zordi.mu, 16 Feb 2020)

She was flag bearer for Mauritius at the opening ceremony of the 2019 Indian Ocean Island Games in Mauritius. (lemauricien.com, 07 Jul 2019; Instagram profile, 30 Jun 2019)

In 2015 and 2018 she was named Female Para Athlete of the Year at the National Sports Awards in Mauritius. (defimedia.info, 17 Feb 2019; lemauricien.com, 15 Jan 2019; mauritiussportscouncil.com, 01 Jan 2015)

General Interest

Classification
T54 (IPC, 10 Apr 2020)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

Impairment Details
She was born with an impairment to her left leg, so she had surgery to amputate the limb below the knee at age nine months. She also has shortened fingers, predominantly on her right hand. (lexpress.mu, 20 Sep 2019; sport.defimedia.info, 29 Jun 2015)

General
FUTURE PLANS
In 2019 she graduated from the University of Mauritius with a degree in web and multimedia development. Following the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo she hopes to pursue a career as a journalist or fitness coach. "I am very proud to be able to accomplish my goals. I want to show the world that anything is possible with effort, encouragement and support. I'm just focusing on the sport now [speaking in 2019]. But then maybe I would take another course, or start working as a journalist or fitness coach." (lemauricien.com, 25 Sep 2020; lexpress.mu, 19 Oct 2019)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She runs an online based business that sells handmade bracelets and hats called Handcrafts Boutik in Mauritius. (Handcrafts Boutik Instagram profile, 18 Feb 2021; Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/NoemiAlphonse
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/lionessontherun/
https://instagram.com/lioness_on_the_run/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noemi-alphonse-082a48185/

Legend

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

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