Lætitia Bambara

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Lætitia Bambara athletics
Full name Lætitia Kimalou Bambara
nation Burkina FasoBurkina Faso Burkina Faso FranceFranceFrance 
birthday 30th March 1984 (age 36)
place of birth Bordeaux , France
Career
discipline Hammer throw
Best performance 68.59 m (July 18, 2016 in Sotteville )Sport records icon NR.svg
society Antony athlétisme 92
Trainer Guy Guérin
status active
Medal table
Africa Games 2 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
African Championships 1 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
Africa Games logo Africa Games
gold Brazzaville 2015 66.91 m
gold Rabat 2019 66.91 m
 African Championships
silver Porto-Novo 2012 65.08 m
gold Marrakech 2014 65.44 m
silver Durban 2016 68.12 m
last change: September 27, 2019

Lætitia Kimalou Bambara (born March 30, 1984 in Bordeaux ) is a Burkinabe - French hammer thrower who competed for France until 2011.

Athletic career

Lætitia Bambara gained her first international experience at the 2003 Junior European Championships in Tampere , where she was eliminated with 55.16 m in qualification. Two years later she took part in the U23 European Championships in Erfurt , but did not make it to the final with 59.24 m. In 2007 she took fourth place at the Summer Universiade in Bangkok with a width of 65.34 m.

After changing nations in 2012, she won the same year at the African Championships in Porto-Novo with 65.08 m, the silver medal behind Senegalese Amy Sène . Two years later she won the African Championships in Marrakech with 65.44 m and was seventh at the Continental Cup in Marrakech with 58.22 m. In 2015 she triumphed at the African Games in Brazzaville with a new national record of 66.91 m. In 2016 she improved this record at the African Championships in Durban to 68.12 m and thus again won the silver medal behind the Senegalese Séne. In the following year she was sixth at the Francophonie Games in Abidjan with 61.15 m and in 2018 she reached seventh place at the African Championships in Asaba with a width of 56.35 m. The following year she successfully defended her title at the African Games in Rabat with a width of 65.28 m.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Jon Mulkeen: Amlosom makes history at African Championships ( English ) IAAF. August 10, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2019.