Personal information | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | England | 20 September 1996
Sport | |
Sport | Wheelchair racing |
Disability class | T34 |
Medal record |
Fabienne André (born 20 September 1996) is a British wheelchair racer. In 2021, she won gold in the 100 m [1] and 800 m [2] at the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships.
She was born on 20 September 1996. She was first interested in swimming as a sport and she won three medals swimming at the Cerebral Palsy game in Barcelona in 2018. [3] She later took an interest in athletics because she wanted to try a triathlon. She was training as a wheelchair racer in 2018. [4] She has cerebral palsy and she competes in the T34 category. She works as a physiotherapist assistant. [4]
André was chosen to compete at 100m and 800m (T34) as part of the Paralympics GB team at the postponed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. [5]
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games André won bronze in the T34 100m, being part of a Team England Podium Sweep in the event with teammates Hannah Cockroft and Kare Adenegan. [6]