Foday Sillah
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Sierra Leonean |
| Born | 12 March 1974 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Sprinting |
| Event | 400 metres |
Foday Sillah (born 12 March 1974) is a Sierra Leonean sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Olympic 4 × 400 m, as well as several other world championships and international competitions.[1]
Career[edit]
Sillah competed at both the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics and the 1992 edition. Though he didn't make it out of the 200 m or 400 m heats in 1990, he did advance to the semifinals of the World U20 400 m in 1992, finishing 5th in his semifinal and 15th overall.[2] This made him the highest-placing male Sierra Leonean athlete ever at the World U20 Championships in nine appearances.[3]
After failing to advance past the 1992 Olympic 400 m heats, Sillah began competing for the Sierra Leonean national relay teams, starting at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart where Sillah's 4 × 100 m team failed to advance. Three years later, Sillah returned to Olympic competition at the 1996 Olympic 4 × 400 m, helping his team place 27th overall but again not advancing to the semifinals.[2]
Sillah competed at several IAAF circuit international meetings throughout his career. At the site of the 1993 Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais, he ran a Sierra Leonean indoor record in the 200 metres with a time of 21.43 seconds.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Foday Sillah Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ a b Foday Sillah at World Athletics
- ^ "World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 2022 Facts and Figures" (PDF). p. 74.
- ^ "National Indoor Records" (PDF). p. 256.
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