Jean-Babtiste Alaize

JeanBaptiste Alaize born 10 May 1991 is a French athlete with an amputated tibia who specialises in sprint and long jump He represented France at the 2016 Paralympic Games Alaize was born in Burundi in 1991 just days before the Burundian Civil War broke out At three years old the conflict required one of his legs to be amputated He arrived in France 12 July 1998 to receive a prosthesis and remained in Montpellier He runs with this carbon prosthesis specially designed for handisport He entered INSEP in 2010 He is a member of the Lollipop suckers club a group of more than 90 famous elite created by Peace and Sport a Monacobased international organization placed under the High Patronage of HSH Prince Albert II This group of top level champions wish to make sport a tool for dialogue and social cohesion httpwwwpeacesportorgourchampionsofpeace Alaize has been long jump world champion four times for athletes under 23 years He joined the Elite French Team for the first time in January 2011 during the Handisport World Championship at Christchurch New Zealand when he achieved a sixth place in long jump and eighth place in 200m sprint Source Article JeanBaptiste Alaize from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30