Conrat Atangana, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Cameroonian paralympic weightlifter
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Place of Birth: Yaoundé, Centre, Cameroon
About Conrat Atangana
- Conrat Frederic Atangana (born 1987 in Yaounde, Cameroon) is a Paralympian from Cameroon who represented his country at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in powerlifting's men's -56 kg event. Atangana has a disability as a result of contracting polio when he was very young.
- After representing Cameroon internationally, Atangana and two other Cameroonian para-sportspeople went to France where they applied for refugee status.
- He resides in Nantes, France. The Cameroon international first got involved with para-sports through sitting volleyball.
- He moved to Cameroon's capital to train more seriously, switching to powerlifting, wheelchair basketball and athletics.
- He went on to represent Cameroon in all three sports, including at the 2012 Summer Paralympics where he was his country's first Paralympian ever at the 2012 Games.
- He has won several medals at the African Francophone Games for the Handicapped.
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