Farid Amarouche is a French wheelchair athlete. He won the 1991 London Marathon men's wheelchair race in a close finish, setting a new course record of 1:52:52 and beating previous and future winners Hakan Ericsson, Daniel Wesley, and David Holding in the process.[1] He also took part in the 1988 and 1992 Summer Paralympics, winning three gold and three silver medals in the earlier year.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "London Marathon History" (PDF). Flora London Marathon. Archived from the original (pdf) on 24 April 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  2. ↑ "Farid Amarouche". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.