Djénébou Danté

Djénébou Danté
Personal information
Birth name	Djénébou Danté
Nationality	Malian
Born	7 August 1989 (age 34)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 metres, 400 metres

Djénébou Danté (born 7 August 1989) is a Malian athlete specialising in the sprinting events.^[1] She represented her country in the 100 metres at the 2011 World Championships.

She competed in the Women's 400 metres at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She placed 5th in her heat with a time of 52.85 seconds.^[2] She was the flagbearer for Mali during the Parade of Nations.^[3] She won the gold medal at the 2017 Francophony Games with the time of 52.23 seconds.

She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Competition record[edit]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Mali
2005	World Youth Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	72nd (h)	100 m	12.70
2005	World Youth Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	51st (h)	200 m	25.77
2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	45th (h)	200 m	25.25
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	47th (h)	100 m	12.31
	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	20th (h)	100 m	12.48
	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	17th (h)	200 m	25.17
2014	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	16th (h)	200 m	24.75^[5]
2014	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	7th	400 m	54.34
2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	7th	400 m	53.41
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	15th (h)	400 m	55.76
	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	5th	400 m	52.65
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	42nd (h)	400 m	52.85
2017	Islamic Solidarity Games	Baku, Azerbaijan	4th	400 m	53.94
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	1st	400 m	52.23
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	48th (h)	400 m	54.04
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	31st (h)	400 m	57.85
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	11th (p)	100 m	12.12

Personal bests[edit]

Outdoor

100 metres – 11.98 (+0.6 m/s) (Bruay la Buissiere, France 2015)
200 metres – 23.84 (+1.0 m/s) (Bruay la Buissiere, France 2015)
400 metres – 52.16 (Marseille, France 16/07/2017) NR

References[edit]

^ Djénébou Danté at World Athletics
^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
^ "Athletics DANTE Djenebou". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
^ Did not start in the semifinals

External links[edit]

All-Athletics profile Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

Olympic Games
Preceded by Rahamatou Drame	Flagbearer for Mali 2016 Rio de Janeiro	Succeeded by Seydou Fofana

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[1] Djénébou Danté at World Athletics

[2] "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-27.

[3] "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-27.

[4] "Athletics DANTE Djenebou". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-08-14.

[5] Did not start in the semifinals

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