Milena Surreau
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| Sport | Para badminton / Para snowboard | |||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Spastique Tetraplegia | |||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | SL3 / SB-LL1 | |||||||||||||||||
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Milena Surreau (born 12 May 1997) is a French para-badminton player who competes in international badminton competitions, she is a European champion and has competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[1][2]
Surreau has a rare neurological disease called Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia that causes muscle weakness in her legs, arms, and spasticity. She also has autism. [3]
In 2025, she began a career in para snowboard by competing on the French Cup circuit, where she won the overall ranking after three victories in Giant Slalom.[4] She then qualified for the French Championships, where she earned two national titles in Giant Slalom and Boarder Cross.[5]
Surreau is also a self-taught musician who plays the drums, saxophone and guitar. She is also author and composer. She used to work in Guérande as a salt worker[6] before having to stop because of her disability.[7]
She is now the producer and host of Journal d’une parabadiste, the number one podcast in France about Paralympic sport.[8]
References
- ^ "Milena Surreau - France Paralympique (in French)". France Paralympique. 11 October 2025.
- ^ "Historic triumph: Milena Surreau becomes European champion in para-badminton after a breathtaking final (in French)". BadmintonZone.fr. 6 October 2025.
- ^ "Milena, autiste : d'agricultrice à athlète de haut-niveau (in French)". Handicap fr. 17 October 2025.
- ^ "Après ses Jeux paralympiques de Paris en badminton, Milena ramène des médailles d'or en snowboard ! (in French)". L'echo de la Presqu'ile. 12 February 2025.
- ^ "Loire-Atlantique : encore de l'or pour Milena en parasnowboard (in French)". L'echo de la Presqu'ile. 12 February 2025.
- ^ "This artist who plays the little music of para badminton (in French)". ablock. 28 August 2024.
- ^ "Milena, autiste : d'agricultrice à athlète de haut-niveau (in French)". Handicap fr. 17 October 2025.
- ^ "Handicap, l'inclusion est-elle toujours un combat ?". RCF. 3 January 2025.