Hua Wilfried Koffi

Hua Wilfried Koffi
Hua Wilfried Koffi in Moscow 2013
Full name	Hua Wilfried Serge Koffi
nation	Ivory Coast
birthday	12th October 1987 (age 32)
place of birth	Ivory Coast
size	186 cm
Weight	88 kg
Career
discipline	sprint
status	active
Medal table
Africa Games 2 × 0 × 1 × African Championships 2 × 1 × 2 × Summer Universiade 1 × 0 × 1 ×
Africa Games gold Brazzaville 2015 200 m gold Brazzaville 2015 4 × 100 m bronze Brazzaville 2015 100 m  African Championships bronze Porto Novo 2012 100 m gold Marrakech 2014 100 m gold Marrakech 2014 200 m silver Durban 2016 4 × 100 m bronze Durban 2016 4 × 100 m  Universiade bronze Kazan 2013 100 m gold Gwangju 2015 200 m
last change: June 27, 2019

Hua Wilfried Serge Koffi (born October 12, 1987 ) is an Ivorian sprinter .

Athletic career

Hua Wilfried Koffi gained his first international experience at the 2009 Francophonie Games in Beirut , where he was eliminated in the semi-finals in the 100-meter run with 10.52 s and finished seventh over 200 meters in 21.31 s. He was also fourth in the Ivorian 4 x 100 meter relay in 39.91 s. The following year he retired at the African Championships in Nairobi in the 200-meter run with 21.52 s in the preliminary round and reached the semi-finals over 100 meters, in which he was eliminated with 10.60 s. He also finished sixth with the relay in 40.77 s. In 2011 he took part in the Summer Universiade in Shenzhen for the first time, finished seventh over 200 meters in 21.02 s and was eliminated in the semi-finals over 100 meters with 10.50 s. Then he reached the African Games in Maputo in both competitions up to the semifinals, in which he was eliminated with 10.38 s and 31.52 s. In 2012 he won the bronze medal over 100 meters at the African Championships in Porto-Novo in 10.37 seconds behind the South African Simon Magakwe and Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud from Egypt. In addition, he reached fourth place in the Ivorian relay in 40.10 s.

In 2013 he won the bronze medal at the Student World Games in Kazan in 10.21 s and had to admit defeat to South African Anaso Jobodwana and Ryōta Yamagata from Japan. He reached the finals over 200 meters and finished sixth in 20.73 s. With his achievements he qualified in both competitions for the World Championships in Moscow , where he retired over 100 meters with 10.40 s in the lead and did not start over 200 meters. He then retired from the Francophonie games in Nice with 10.89 s in the first round. The following year he managed a double victory over 100 and 200 meters at the African Championships in Marrakech . He also set a new national record over 100 meters in 10.05 seconds and no Ivorian was ever faster in 20.25 seconds over 200 meters. At the Athletics Continental Cup , which was also held in Marrakech, he came seventh over both distances in 10.22 s and 20.62 s respectively.

In 2015, he won the Summer Universiade in Gwangju in 20.41 seconds in the 200-meter run. He qualified in both competitions again for the World Championships in Beijing , in which he was eliminated over 100 meters in 10.29 s and over 200 meters in 20.39 s each in the first round. He then won the Africa Games in Brazzaville in 20.42 s over 200 meters and had to admit defeat over 100 meters in 10.23 s to his compatriot Ben Youssef Meïté and the Nigerian Ogho-Oghene Egwero . He was also able to win the gold medal with the Ivorian relay in 38.93 s. In 2016 he took part in the 60-meter run at the World Indoor Championships in Portland and was eliminated there with 6.63 s in the semifinals. At the African Championships in Durban , he won the silver medal behind South Africa with the relay in 38.98 s and finished sixth over 200 meters in 20.92 s. In both individual competitions, he was also able to qualify for the first time for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . Both over 100 meters in 10.37 s and over 200 meters with 20.48 s he was eliminated in the lead.

In 2017 he won the Francophonie Games in Abidjan in 20.73 s and 39.39 s over 200 meters and with the relay and thus qualified over 200 meters for the World Championships in London , in which he was in Eliminated in the semi- finals. The following year he won the bronze medal with the relay behind South Africa and Nigeria at the African Championships in Asaba in 38.92 s.

Non-sporting career and private matters

Koffi completed his studies at Shanghai University , where he met his future wife, who comes from Fulda. He works as an investment manager in Luxembourg and lives with his wife in Trier . In order to keep himself physically fit, he plays soccer for regional league teams.

Personal bests

• 100 meters: 10.01 s (+1.1 m / s), April 9, 2016 in Tempe
• 60 meters (hall): 6.60 s, February 17, 2017 in Flagstaff
• 200 meters: 20.25 s (−0.8 m / s), August 14, 2014 in Marrakech ( Ivorian record )
  • 200 meters (hall): 20.99 s, March 9, 2014 in Nanjing ( Ivorian record )

Web links

Commons : Hua Wilfried Koffi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hua Wilfried Koffi in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Hua Wilfried Koffi in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jon Mulkeen: Souleiman, Ndiku and Ahoure among winners on the final day of African Championships ( English ) IAAF. August 14, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
2. ↑ Jon Mulkeen: Sprint double for Zyabkina at World University Games ( English ) IAAF. July 11, 2015. Accessed June 27, 2019.
3. ↑ Phil Minshull: Kenya's 4x400m men finish off the All-Africa Games in style ( English ) IAAF. September 17, 2015. Accessed June 27, 2019.
4. ↑ Andreas Arens: Once the fastest man in Africa, now a district league. In: fussball.de. September 5, 2019, accessed September 5, 2019 .