Benjamin Youla | |
Birth Date: | 12 November 1975[1] |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | 400 metres |
Education: | Huston–Tillotson University |
Benjamin Youla (born 12 November 1975) is a retired sprinter from Republic of the Congo who specialised in the 400 metres. He represented his country at the 2000 Summer Olympics as well as two World Championships.
His personal bests in the event are 45.74 seconds outdoors (Fairfax 2001) and 49.15 seconds indoors (Houston 2004).[2] Both are standing national record.
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1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 26th (qf) | 400 m | 46.29 |
1999 | All-Africa Games | Johannesburg, South Africa | 25th (h) | 400 m | 50.33 |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 61st (h) | 400 m | 47.54 |
2001 | Jeux de la Francophonie | Ottawa, Canada | 5th | 400 m | 46.44 |
World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 23rd (h) | 400 m | 45.92 |