Skander Djamil Athmani (born 21 June 1992) is an Algerian Paralympic athlete.[1] He made his first Paralympic appearance representing Algeria at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[2]

Career

Skander initially competed in able-bodied competitions. He competed in the men's 100m, men's 4 × 100 m relay and men's 4 × 400 m relay events at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics. He was part of the men's 4 × 100 m team which claimed bronze medal at the 2014 African Championships.[3] He also represented Algeria at the 2017 Summer Universiade and competed in men's 100m, men's 200m, men's 4×400 relay events.[4]

He took part in the men's 100m T13 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and claimed a silver medal in a thrilling final.[5] He clocked 10.54 seconds as he finished just 0.01 seconds behind defending Paralympic champion and veteran para-athlete Jason Smyth of Ireland.[6][7] Later in that tournament he participated in the men's 400m T13 event where he claimed a gold medal and set a new world record at 46.70 seconds, finishing one second ahead of Morocco's Mohamed Amguoun, who had held the previous world record.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Skander Djamil Athmani - Athletics | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Athletics - Skander Djamil Athmani". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  3. ^ Results
  4. ^ "Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade (Athletics) Athlete Profile : ATHMANI Skander Djamil". res-taipei.fisu.net. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Athletics - Final Results". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Paralympics 2020: Jason Smyth wins sixth gold after dramatic T13 100m final". RTÉ Sport. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Smyth sprints to sixth Paralympics gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Algerian athletes make history with two world records in one day". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skander_Djamil_Athmani
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