Guillaume Junior Atangana
 Atangana (right) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 22 January 1999[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para-athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 metres 400 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
- ^ a b "Guillaume Junior Atangana". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 1 September 2024. (alternate link)
- ^ "Q&A with Refugee Paralympic Team athlete Guillaume Junior Atangana". paralympic.org. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "New Delhi 2025: Atangana wins historic world title for Paralympic Refugee Team". paralympic.org. 30 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.