Marie-Josée Ta Lou

Marie-Josée Ta Lou
Marie-Josée Ta Lou (l.) In London 2017
nation	Ivory Coast
birthday	18th November 1988 (age 31)
place of birth	Bouaflé , Ivory Coast
size	159 cm
Weight	50 kg
Career
discipline	sprint
society	Stade Français
Trainer	Anthony Koffi
status	active
Medal table
World championships 0 × 2 × 1 × Indoor world championships 0 × 1 × 0 × Africa Games 3 × 0 × 2 × African Championships 3 × 2 × 6 ×
World championships silver London 2017 100 m silver London 2017 200 m bronze Doha 2019 100 m  Indoor world championships silver Birmingham 2018 60 m  Africa Games gold Brazzaville 2015 100 m gold Brazzaville 2015 200 m bronze Brazzaville 2015 4 × 100 m gold Rabat 2019 100 m bronze Rabat 2019 200 m  African Championships bronze Porto Novo 2012 200 m bronze Porto Novo 2012 4 × 100 m silver Marrakech 2014 200 m silver Marrakech 2014 4 × 100 m bronze Marrakech 2014 100 m gold Durban 2016 200 m bronze Durban 2016 100 m bronze Durban 2016 4 × 100 m gold Asaba 2018 100 m gold Asaba 2018 200 m bronze Asaba 2018 4 × 100 m
last change: October 14, 2019

Marie-Josée Ta Lou (born November 18, 1988 in Bouaflé ) is an Ivorian sprinter .

Athletic career

Marie-Josée Ta Lou gained her first international experience at the Junior African Championships 2007 in Ouagadougou , where she was eliminated in the first round of the 100-meter run with 13.21 seconds. In 2010 she took part in the African Championships in Nairobi for the first time , but did not reach the finals over 100 meters and in the 200-meter run there either . In the following year, she finished seventh over 100 meters at the Africa Games in Maputo in 11.66 s and finished over 200 meters in 24.12 s. Before that, she reached the quarter-finals at the Summer Universiade in Shenzhen . In 2012 she won the bronze medal over 200 meters at the African Championships in Porto-Novo in 23.44 seconds behind the Nigerians Gloria Asumnu and Lawretta Ozoh and in 45.29 seconds in the 4 x 100 meter relay behind Nigeria and Ghana . In addition, she reached fourth place over 100 meters in 11.53 s. In 2013 she again took part in the World Student Games in Kazan , where she was eighth over 200 meters in 23.63 s and was eliminated in the semifinals over the shorter distance with 11.73 s.

In 2014 she won the bronze medal over 100 meters at the African Championships in Marrakech in 11.20 seconds behind the Nigerian Blessing Okagbare and her compatriot Murielle Ahouré . In addition, she secured the silver medal behind Ahouré over 200 meters in 22.87 s, as well as with the 4 x 100 meter relay in 43.99 s. Then she finished fourth over 100 meters and fifth over 200 meters in the Athletics Continental Cup ; in the 4 x 100 meter relay she was disqualified with the African team. In 2015 she qualified for the first time for the World Championships in Beijing , where she was eliminated in the semifinals in the 100-meter run with 11.04 s , as well as over 200 meters with 22.56 s. She then won the African Games in Brazzaville in 11.02 s and 22.57 s over 100 and 200 meters and won the bronze medal in 43.98 s with the relay behind the teams from Nigeria and Ghana.

In 2016 she took part in the World Indoor Championships in Portland for the first time , where she finished seventh in the 60-meter run in 7.29 s . In June she won the African Championships in Durban in 22.81 s for the first time in the 200-meter run. In the 100-meter run, she won the bronze medal in 11.15 seconds behind her compatriot Murielle Ahouré and the South African Carina Horn . She also won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay in 44.29 s. She qualified for the first time for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where she finished fourth in the 100-meter run in 10.86 s in the final , as well as in 22.21 s over 200 meters . In doing so, she also set a new Ivorian national record. In 2017, she led the Ivorian 4 x 100 meter relay at the Francophonie Games in Abidjan, as the final runner in 44.22 seconds. At the World Championships in London , she won the silver medal in the 100-meter run behind the American Tori Bowie with 10.86 s in the final , as well as over 200 meters with a new record of 22.08 s, this time behind the Dutch woman Dafne Schippers .

In 2018 she won the silver medal in the 60-meter run behind her compatriot Murielle Ahouré at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham with a personal best of 7.05 seconds. In August she defended her title over 200 meters at the African Championships in Asaba in 22.50 s and also won the 100 meters for the first time in 11.15 s. In addition, she won the silver medal behind the Nigerians with the Ivorian relay in 44.40 seconds. She then came third over 200 meters at the Athletics Continental Cup in Ostrava in 22.61 s and won the 100-meter run in 11.14 s. She was also disqualified from the African sprint relay. The following year she won again at the Africa Games in Rabat in 11.09 s and thus defended her 2015 title. Shortly afterwards she had to admit defeat to Gina Bass and Bassant Hemida from Egypt over 200 meters in 23.00 s . At the end of September she won the bronze medal behind the Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Dina Asher-Smith from the United Kingdom at the World Championships in Doha in 10.90 seconds in the 100 meter final . Afterwards she decided not to start over 200 meters.

Personal bests

• 100 meters: 10.85 s (+1.5 m / s), May 4, 2018 in Doha
  • 60 meters (hall): 7.02 s, February 20, 2019 in Düsseldorf
• 200 meters: 22.08 s (+0.8 m / s), August 11, 2017 in London ( Ivorian record )
  • 200 meters (hall): 24.88 s, March 7, 2013 in Nanjing

Web links

Commons : Marie-Josée Ta Lou  - Collection of Images

• Marie-Josée Ta Lou in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Marie-Josée Ta Lou in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Steve Landells: High and low - Marie-Josée Ta Lou ( English ) IAAF. July 7, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2018.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jon Mulkeen: Ivorian sprint double for Meite and Ta Lou at All-African Games ( English ) IAAF. September 15, 2015. Accessed June 4, 2019.
2. ↑ Bob Ramsak: Obiri and Ta Lou dominate, Samaai Defeats Manyonga at African Championships in Asaba ( English ) IAAF. August 2, 2018. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
3. ↑ Cathal Dennehy and Mike Rowbottom: Ta Lou and Yego eager to end the season on a high - IAAF Continental Cup Ostrava 2018 ( English ) IAAF. September 7, 2018. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
4. ↑ Yemi Olus: Ekevwo and Ta Lou take African Games 100m titles ( english ) IAAF. August 27, 2019. Accessed August 31, 2019.