Charles-Antoine Kouakou in gold this Tuesday at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. He deposits a 33rd medal in the purse of the French delegation and the 6th in gold. The athlete from Seine-Saint-Denis won the 400 meters.
The sprinter of 22 years old is a member of the association “Sport You Good 93“ for people with mental or psychic disabilities. He started athletics at the age of 13.
The athlete works in the ESAT (Establishment and service for help through work) Muguets du Bourget-Drancy. He is there part-time, as a gardener. He trains at CREPS in Reims.
He had already to his credit a world record. In March 2021, over 200 meters, he had made 21 ” 86 in the final of the European Indoor Adapted Sport Championships.
