Abassia Rahmani | |
Nickname: | Swiss Blade Runner, Gazelle |
Sport: | Paralympic athletics |
Disability: | Meningitis survivor |
Disability Class: | T62 |
Event: | 100 metres 200 metres |
Club: | LV Winterthur |
Coach: | Georg Pfarrwaller |
Birth Date: | 2 July 1992 |
Birth Place: | Zürich, Switzerland |
Residence: | Winterthur, Switzerland |
Height: | 1.70m |
Abassia Rahmani (born 2 July 1992) is a Swiss Paralympic athlete of Algerian descent who competes in international sprinting events. [1]
She was a very keen and active person who had a huge interest in snowboarding, gymnastics, horse riding and track and field. When Rahmani was sixteen, she had both of her legs amputated due to bacterial meningitis but continued her passion in athletics and tried out Paralympic athletics.[2] [3]