Fatimata Brigitte Diasso (born 18 June 1990)[1][2] is an Ivorian athlete who competes in the long jump, 100 and 200 metres. She competes in the T11 visual impairment class, in which she won a silver medal in the long jump at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
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| Full name | Fatimata Brigitte Diasso | ||||||||||||||
| National team | Ivory Coast | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 June 1990 (age 34) Dabou, Côte d'Ivoire | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ivory Coast | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para-athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Disability | Visual impairment | ||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T11 | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Long jump, 100 metres, 200 metres | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 5 November 2017 | |||||||||||||||
Career
editSince she was a child, Fatimata Diasso has had a visual impairment.[3] She competes in the long jump, alongside a guide.[4] Her disability class is T11, which means she has little to no visual ability.[5] Fatima Diasso had been due to compete at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, England, but could not due to an injury.[3] Diasso began training in France in 2014, joining the AJBO athletics club.[5]
Diasso competed for the Ivory Coast at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Taking part in the women's T11 long jump, she finished second with a jump of 4.89 metres (16.0 ft) behind Brazil's Silvania de Oliveira.[6] She also ran in the T11 100 metres and 200 metres, but failed to reach the podium in each case.[7]
There was not a great deal of response in the Ivory Coast to Diasso's medal initially, but there was a call in the media for her to receive a similar award from the government as Olympic medallist Ruth Gbagbi.[5] Diasso was subsequently awarded 40 million West African CFA franc and a villa for winning the silver medal.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Rio 2016: DIASSO Fatimata Brigitte". Paralympic.org. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ "Rio 2016 Paralympic Games - Official results book: Athletics" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 18 September 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ a b Feauxzar, Papatia (16 September 2016). "Meet The Athletes That Are Making Us Proud At The Rio Paralympic Games". Mvslim.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Côte d'Ivoire: Médaillée d'argent aux Jeux Paralympiques de Rio, Fatimata Diasso reçoit 40 millions et une villa" (in French). Koaci. 10 November 2016. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ a b c "Cote d'Ivoire: Accueil Contraste pour Fatimata Diasso, la Medailee des jeux Paralympiques de Rio". Le 360. 21 September 2016. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ "Brazil takes gold and bronze in women's long jump". Agencia Brasil. 16 September 2016. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ "L'homme de Rio : Fatimata Diasso, Ivoirienne, médaille d'argent au saut en longueur non voyant". Vivre FM. 17 September 2016. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
External links
edit- Fatimata Brigitte Diasso at the International Paralympic Committee
- Fatimata Brigitte Diasso at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)