Mandy François-Elie

Mandy François-Élie (born 27 September 1989) is a French Paralympian athlete competing in the category T37.

[1] François-Élie won the T37 100m sprint at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games at London and followed this with both the 100m and 200m titles at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon.

[2] In the final she ran a time of 14.08 to beat Namibia's Johanna Benson into second place, winning her first Paralympic gold medal.

In the 200m final, François-Elie ran a time of 28.35, beating the 13-year-old world record held by Lisa McIntosh of Australia.

[5] At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro she followed up her London success by claiming silver in the T37 100m with a time of 13.45.