Gautier Makunda

Gautier Makunda
Makunda (left) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Full nameTrésor Gautier Makunda
NationalityFrench
Born (1983-09-15) 15 September 1983
Kinshasa, Zaire
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
CountryFrance
SportAthletics
T11
ClubCA Montreuil
Coached byJean-Baptiste Souche (national)
Guy Ontanon (personal)
Medal record
Men's para athletics
Representing  France
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place2004 Athens100 m T11
Bronze medal – third place2008 Beijing100 m T11
Bronze medal – third place2008 Beijing100 m relay T11–13
Bronze medal – third place2012 London400 m T11
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tokyo400 m T11
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2006 Assen100 m T11
Silver medal – second place2025 New Delhi400 m T11
Bronze medal – third place2013 Lyon100 m relay T11–13
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2014 Swansea100 m relay T11–13

Trésor Gautier Makunda (born 15 September 1983) is a Paralympian athlete from France competing mainly in category T11 sprint events.[1] Makunda has won a total of one silver and three bronze medals across three Summer Paralympics, beginning with a second-place finish in the T11 10mm sprint at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. He is a regular member of the French relay team in the T11–13 4 × 100 m relay.

He appeared in the 2011 Regis Wargnier film La Ligne droite.

References

  1. ↑ "Tresor Gautier Makunda – France – 100m/200m/400m/4 × 100 m T11". athletesmondiaux.com (in French). Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.