Brahim GUENDOUZ (ALG)

Guendouz captured Africa’s first-ever Paracanoe gold medal in the KL3 at the Paris 2024 Paralympics. He took up the sport in 2017 and won a World Championships bronze medal in the event in 2023. As well as being Africa’s first-ever world medal, it was the first time a country from the African continent had sealed a Paralympics quota place in Paracanoe.

Paralympics: Gold - 1; World Championships: Bronze - 1.