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Noemi Alphonse
Alphonse in 2024
Personal information
Full nameMarie Emmanuelle Anais Alphonse
National team Mauritius
Born (1995-11-23) 23 November 1995 (age 30)
Sport
CountryMauritius
SportParalympic athletics
T54
Events
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1500 metres
5000 metres
Coached byJean-Marie Bhugeerathee
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's para-athletics
Representing  Mauritius
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 Kobe100 m T54
Gold medal – first place2025 New Delhi100 m T54
Silver medal – second place2023 Paris100 m T54
Silver medal – second place2024 Kobe400 m T54
Bronze medal – third place2023 Paris400 m T54
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2026 Glasgow1500 m T54

Marie Emmanuelle Anais Alphonse (born 23 November 1995),[1] better known as Noemi Alphonse, is a Mauritian Paralympic athlete competing in the T54 classifiaction. Alphonse represented Mauritius at multiple World Para Athletics Championships and the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Early life and education

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Alphonse is from Sainte-Croix, Mauritius[2] and was born in 1995 with a limb deficiency. She was fitted for her first prosthetic at eight years old.[3] She attended Père Laval R.C.A School, Lorette College, and Université de Maurice.[2]

Career

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Alphonse represented Mauritius at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, competing in the women's T54 100 m, 400 m, 800 m, and 1500 m.[4] She was the first Mauritian athlete to participate in a final at the Paralympic Games and set a new African record in the T54 1500 m.[5] She placed fifth in the 100 m, sixth in the 400 m, seventh in the 800 m,[6] and tenth in the 1500 m.[7]

At the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships, Alphonse won silver in the women's 100 m T54, Mauritius' first ever medal at a World Para Athletics Championships.[8] She also placed third in the women's 400 m T54. Alphonse won gold in women's 100 m T54 at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships, which was Mauritius' first gold medal at a World Para Athletics Championships.[9] She also placed fifth in the women's 800 m T54,[10] seventh in the women's 1500 m T54,[11] and won a silver medal in women's 400 m T54.[12]

Alphonse competed in the women's T54 100 m, 400 m, 800 m, and marathon at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and was a flag-bearer for Mauritius.[13] She placed fourth in the T54 100 m.[14] She placed second in the 2024 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon[15]

At the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, she won the silver medal in the 1500m T54 category, in a re‑run of the original final that was ordered following a collision in the first running of the event, which had left Alphonse unable to finish the race.[16]

References

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  1. ↑ "PARIS 23 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: ALPHONSE Noemi". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023. Birth Date: 23 Nov 1995
  2. 1 2 "Sportive de l'année — Noemi Alphonse : Tout un SYMBOLE". Le Mauricien (in French). 26 December 2023. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  3. ↑ Stevens, Rob (6 September 2024). "Paralympics 2024: Meet Noemi Alphonse, Mauritius' 'Wonder Woman'". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "Jeux Paralympiques : 6e place pour Noemi Alphonse en finale du 400m (T54)". Le Defi Media Group (in French). Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Noemi Alphonse". Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 25 June 2025.[dead link]
  6. ↑ "Jeux paralympiques : Noémi Alphonse se classe 7e". lexpress.mu (in French). 29 August 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "Paris 2024: Ones to Watch for Para athletics". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 8 March 2024. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "Noemi Alphonse, vice-championne du monde : «C'est une médaille pour toute l'île Maurice»". lexpress.mu (in French). 16 July 2023. Archived from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  9. ↑ "Kobe 2024: Rehm extends his reign, Alphonse makes history for Mauritius". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 22 May 2024. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  10. ↑ "Kobe 2024 : World para athletics: Noemie Alphonse rate de peu le podium". lexpress.mu (in French). 20 May 2024. Archived from the original on 28 August 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  11. ↑ Raboud, Jenny (23 May 2024). "Para-athlétisme : Noemi Alphonse écrit l'histoire du sport mauricien". Défi Sport (in French). Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "Kobe 2024 : World para athletics: Récompense de Rs 2,5 M pour Noemi, la championne du monde". lexpress.mu (in French). 31 May 2024. Archived from the original on 2 September 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  13. ↑ Floch, Fabrice (13 August 2024). "Jeux Paralympiques Paris 2024 : Noemi Alphonse désignée porte-drapeau de l'île Maurice". Réunion la 1ère (in French). Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  14. ↑ Chapuiset, Olivier (5 September 2024). "Finale du 100m T54 : Noemi Alphonse termine à la quatrième place". lexpress.mu (in French). Archived from the original on 6 September 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  15. ↑ "Noemi Alphonse remporte la 2e place au Sanlam Cape Town marathon ce dimanche". Le Mauricien (in French). 20 October 2024. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  16. ↑ Winton, Richard (31 July 2026). "'Relieved' Woods wins gold again in restaged race". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 6 August 2026. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
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