Murielle Ahouré

Murielle Ahouré

Murielle Ahouré in 2012
Personal information
Citizenship  Ivory Coast
Born (1987-08-23) August 23, 1987
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country  Ivory Coast
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 100 metres, 200 metres

Murielle Ahouré (born 23 August 1987) is an Ivorian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. She was a double silver medalist at the 2013 world championships in Moscow. She came second in both the 100 and 200 meters at this event.

She also won a silver medal at 60 metres event at 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.[1] She was the 2009 NCAA Indoor Champion at 200 metres while running for the University of Miami. Ahouré's personal best at 100 m is 10.78 (Montverde, USA, 2016) and in 200 m 22.24 (Monaco, 2013).[1]

She holds African records in 100 metres outdoor and in 200 metres indoor.[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics she placed sixth in the 200 m and seventh in the 100 m.

She ran under seven seconds for the 60 metres in February 2013, becoming the eighth fastest woman ever with her time of 6.99 seconds.[3]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Ivory Coast
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 2nd 60 m 7.04
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 7th 100 m 11.00
6th 200 m 22.57
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 2nd 100 m 10.93
2nd 200 m 22.32
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 2nd 60 m 7.01
African Championships Durban, South Africa 2nd 100 m 11.03
1st 200 m 22.36
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 9th (sf) 100 m 10.98
2016 African Championships Durban, South Africa 1st 100 m 10.99
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 44.29
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 10th (sf) 100 m 11.01
12th (sf) 200 m 22.59

Personal bests

Type Event Time Date Place Notes
Outdoor 100 metres 10.78 11 June 2016 Montverde, USA[4]
200 metres 22.24 19 July 2013 Monaco
Indoor 60 metres 6.99 16 February 2013 Birmingham, England 8th of all time, AR

References

  1. 1 2 "IAAF profile". IAAF.com. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDKRWVYJwWs
  3. Brown, Matthew (2013-02-16). Ahour\xe9's sub-seven sprint steals the show in Birmingham. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-02.
  4. Cathal Dennehy (11 June 2016). "Ahoure powers to African 100m record of 10.78 in Florida". IAAF. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
Records
Preceded by
Nigeria Blessing Okagbare
Women's 100m African Record Holder
June 11, 2016 – present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Ben Youssef Meïté
Flagbearer for  Ivory Coast
Rio de Janeiro 2016
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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