Lætitia Bambara
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Burkina Faso |
Born | 30 March 1984 |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Hammer Throw |
Medal record | |
Updated on 26 August 2016 |
Laetitia Kimalou Bambara (born 30 March 1984 in Bordeaux, France) is a French-born hammer thrower representing Burkina Faso.[1] She won several medals on continental medal in addition to finishing fourth at the 2007 Summer Universiade.
Her personal best in the event is 68.59 metres (Sotteville-lès-Rouen, June 2016) is the current Burkinabé record and all time 2nd best in Africa.
Competition record
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing France | |||||
2003 | European Junior Championships | Tampere, Finland | 19th (q) | Hammer throw | 55.16 m |
2005 | European U23 Championships | Erfurt, Germany | 14th (q) | Hammer throw | 59.24 m |
2007 | Universiade | Bangkok, Thailand | 4th | Hammer throw | 65.34 m |
Representing Burkina Faso | |||||
2012 | African Championships | Porto Novo, Benin | 2nd | Hammer throw | 65.08 m |
2014 | African Championships | Marrakech, Morocco | 1st | Hammer throw | 65.44 m[2] |
Continental Cup | Marrakech, Morocco | 7th | Hammer throw | 58.22 m[3] | |
2015 | African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 1st | Hammer throw | 66.91 m[4] |
2016 | African Championships | Durban, South Africa | 2nd | Hammer throw | 68.12 m |
2017 | Jeux de la Francophonie | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | 6th | Hammer throw | 61.15 m |
2018 | African Championships | Asaba, Nigeria | 7th | Hammer throw | 56.35 m |
2019 | African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 1st | Hammer throw | 65.28 m |
References
[edit]- ^ Lætitia Bambara at World Athletics
- ^ "Championnats d'Afrique: la Burkinabè Laetitia Bambara en or". rfi.fr. 11 August 2014.
- ^ Representing Africa
- ^ "Jeux africains: Laetitia Bambara offre au Burkina sa première médaille d'or". fasozine.com (in French). 14 September 2015. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
External links
[edit]- Lætitia Bambara at World Athletics
- Profil de Laetitia Bambara sur le site de la FFA
Categories:
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Burkinabé hammer throwers
- Sportspeople from Bordeaux
- Athletes from Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- French female hammer throwers
- Burkinabé female athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games
- African Games gold medalists for Burkina Faso
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- French sportspeople of Burkinabé descent
- Sportspeople of Burkinabé descent
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games
- African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Competitors at the 2007 Summer Universiade
- 21st-century Burkinabé people
- 21st-century French sportswomen
- Western African athletics biography stubs
- Burkinabe sportspeople stubs