Farid Amarouche Explained

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. Web site: London Marathon History . Flora London Marathon . pdf . 2009-05-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090424095757/http://www.london-marathon.co.uk/site/content/file/downloads/med_09/4.pdf . 2009-04-24 .
  2. Web site: Farid Amarouche . Paralympic.org . .