Guillaume Junior Atangana

Guillaume Junior Atangana
Atangana (right) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Born (1999-01-22) 22 January 1999[1]
Sport
Country Cameroon
SportPara-athletics
T11
Events
100 metres
400 metres
Medal record
Men's para-athletics
Representing the International Paralympic Committee Refugee Paralympic Team
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2024 Paris400 m T11
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 New Delhi400 m T11

Guillaume Junior Atangana (born 22 January 1999) is a Cameroonian T11 Paralympic sprint runner. He won the Paralympic Refugee Team's first gold medal at the World Para Athletics Championships in 2025.

Career

He represented the Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal in the 400 metres T11 event.[1][2] He competed at the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships and won a gold medal in the 400 metres T11 event. This was the Paralympic Refugee Team's first gold medal at the World Para Athletics Championships.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Guillaume Junior Atangana". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 1 September 2024. (alternate link)
  2. ↑ "Q&A with Refugee Paralympic Team athlete Guillaume Junior Atangana". paralympic.org. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  3. ↑ "New Delhi 2025: Atangana wins historic world title for Paralympic Refugee Team". paralympic.org. 30 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
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