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Rosvitha Okou

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Rosvitha Okou
Personal information
Nationality Ivory Coast
Born (1986-09-05) 5 September 1986 (age 38)
Gagnoa, Ivory Coast[1]
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event100 m hurdles
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Ivory Coast
African Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Marrakech 100 m hurdles
Updated on 27 August 2016

Bodjiho Rosvitha Okou (born 5 September 1986, Gagnoa, Côte d'Ivoire) is an Ivorian hurdler. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 100 metres hurdles without reaching the semifinals. In addition, she won a silver medal at the 2014 African Championships. Until 2012 she represented France.

Her personal bests are 13.13 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (+0.1 m/s, La Roche-sur-Yon 2011) and 8.17 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Mondeville 2014).[2] Both are current national records.

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  France
2005 European Junior Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 24th (h) 100 m hurdles 14.89
Representing  Ivory Coast
2012 African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 6th 100 m hurdles 13.74
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 36th (h) 100 m hurdles 13.62
2013 Jeux de la Francophonie Nice, France 5th 100 m hurdles 13.69
5th 4 × 100 m relay 45.84
2014 African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 2nd 100 m hurdles 13.26
2015 African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 4th 100 m hurdles 13.32
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 43.98
2017 Jeux de la Francophonie Abidjan, Ivory Coast 4th 100 m hurdles 13.59
2018 African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 3rd 100 m hurdles 13.39
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 44.40
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 5th 100 m hurdles 13.72

References