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French sprinter
Floria Gueï
Gueï at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam
Born (1990-05-02 ) May 2, 1990 (age 34) Nantes , France Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) Weight 52 kg (115 lb) Country France Sport Athletics Event 4 × 400m Relay
Floria Gueï ([ ɡ e ˈ i ] ; born 2 May 1990) is a French sprint athlete of Ivorian origin. She is best known for her remarkable last leg in the 2014 European Championships 4 × 400 m relay, when she went from fourth to first in the last 50 metres of the race.[ 1]
Career
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(August 2019 )
On 4 Mar 2017, Floria Gueï wins the 400 m gold medal at the 2017 European Indoor Championships [ 2]
On 24 July 2017, Gueï announced her withdrawal from the 2017 World Championships due to medical issues.[ 3]
In 2018, she finished second at the 2018 Athletics World Cup in the 400 metres and returned later that evening to anchor the 4x400 metres relay with another one of "those" legs, pulling France from a distant fifth to take the bronze medal.
Competition record
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing France
2008
World Junior Championships
Bydgoszcz, Poland
27th (h)
400 m
55.74
4th
4 × 400 m relay
3:35.83
2010
European Championships
Barcelona, Spain
5th (h)
4 × 400 m relay
3:27.44
2011
European Indoor Championships
Paris, France
3rd
4 × 400 m relay
3:32.16
European U23 Championships
Ostrava, Czech Republic
12th (h)
400 m
54.09
3rd
4 × 400 m relay
3:31.73
World Championships
Daegu, South Korea
14th (h)
4 × 400 m relay
3:28.02
2012
European Championships
Helsinki, Finland
2nd
4 × 400 m relay
3:25.49
Olympic Games
London, United Kingdom
6th
4 × 400 m relay
3:25.92
2013
World Championships
Moscow, Russia
12th (sf)
400 m
51.42
3rd
4 × 400 m relay
3:24.21
Jeux de la Francophonie
Nice, France
1st
400 m
52.31
3rd
4 × 400 m relay
3:35.20
2014
IAAF World Relays
Nassau, Bahamas
4th
4 × 400 m relay
3:25.84
European Championships
Zürich, Switzerland
11th (sf)
400 m
52.82
1st
4 × 400 m relay
3:24.28
2015
European Indoor Championships
Prague, Czech Republic
6th (sf)
400 m
53.00
1st
4 × 400 m relay
3:31.61
World Championships
Beijing, China
15th (sf)
400 m
51.30
7th
4 × 400 m relay
3:26.45
2016
European Championships
Amsterdam, Netherlands
2nd
400 m
51.21
2nd
4 × 400 m relay
3:25.96
Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
11th (sf)
400 m
51.08
10th (h)
4 × 400 m relay
3:26.18
2017
European Indoor Championships
Belgrade, Serbia
1st
400 m
51.90
5th
4 × 400 m relay
3:33.61
IAAF World Relays
Nassau, Bahamas
8th
4 × 400 m relay
3:35.03
2018
European Championships
Berlin, Germany
7th
400 m
51.57
2nd
4 × 400 m relay
3:27.17
References
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1969 : Great Britain (Stirling , Lowe , Simpson , Board )
1971 : East Germany (Kühne , Lohse , Seidler , Zehrt )
1974 : East Germany (Rohde , Dietsch , Handt , Streidt )
1978 : East Germany (Marquardt , Krug , Brehmer , Koch )
1982 : East Germany (Siemon , Busch , Rübsam , Koch )
1986 : East Germany (Siemon , Busch , Müller , Koch )
1990 : East Germany (Derr , Hesselbarth , Müller , Breuer )
1994 : France (Landre , Elien , Dorsile , Pérec )
1998 : Germany (Feller , Rohländer , Rieger , Breuer )
2002 : Germany (Ekpo-Umoh , Rockmeier , Marx , Breuer )
2006 : Russia (Pospelova , Ivanova , Zaytseva , Veshkurova )
2010 : Germany (Lindenberg , Cremer , Kohlmann , Hoffmann )
2012 : Ukraine (Olishevska , Zemlyak , Pyhyda , Lohvynenko )
2014 : France (Gayot , Hurtis , Raharolahy , Gueï )
2016 : Great Britain (Diamond , Onuora , Doyle , Bundy-Davies )
2018 : Poland (Hołub-Kowalik , Baumgart-Witan , Wyciszkiewicz , Święty-Ersetic )
2022 : Netherlands (Saalberg , Klaver , Bol , de Witte )
2024 : Netherlands (Klaver , Peeters , de Witte , Bol )
2000 : Russia (Zykina, , Rosikhina , Sotnikova , Pospelova )
2002 : Belarus (Usovich , Kozak , Khliustava , Stankevich )
2005 : Russia (Levina , Pechonkina , Rosikhina , Pospelova )
2007 : Belarus (Yushchanka , Khliustava , Usovich , Usovich )
2009 : Russia (Antyukh , Safonova , Krivoshapka , Voynova )
2011 : Russia (Zadorina , Vdovina , Migunova , Forsheva )
2013 : Great Britain (Child , Cox , Ohuruogu , Shakes-Drayton )
2015 : France (Gueï , Diarra , Raharolahy , Gayot )
2017 : Poland (Święty , Baumgart , Hołub , Wyciszkiewicz )
2019 : Poland (Święty , Baumgart , Hołub , Kiełbasińska )
2021 : Netherlands (Dopheide , de Witte , Bol , Klaver )
2023 : Netherlands (Klaver , Saalberg , Peeters , Bol )