| Fatoumata Binta Diallo | |
| Nationality: | Portuguese |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Club: | Benfica |
| Birth Date: | 6 April 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Guinea |
| Pb: | 400m hurdles: 54.64 (Rome, 2024) NR |
Fatoumata Binta Diallo (born 6 April 2000) is a Portuguese track and field athlete. She is the national record holder over 400 metres hurdles. She has also won national titles over 200 metres and 400 metres indoors.[1]
In June 2023, she competed forPortugal in the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Silesia running a 400 metres personal best of 55.57.[2] In July 2023, she became Portuguese national champion over 400 metres hurdles.[3] She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in the 400m hurdles, lowering her personal best to 55.27 seconds, and placing her second in the all-time Portuguese list.[4] [5]
In February 2024, she won Portuguese national indoor titles over 200m and 400m.[6] [7] She was part of the Portuguese 4x400m relay team which set a national record time of 3:31.93 at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.[8] [9]
She qualified for the final of the 400 metres hurdles at the 2024 European Athletics Championships, in a personal best and national record time of 54.65 seconds. She placed eighth overall in the final.[10] [11] She competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024.[12]
She was born in Guinea but moved to Portugal at twelve years-old, after her parents had been there since she was five. From 2012, she studied at Escola Dr. Alberto Iria, in Olhão, Portugal. From 2019, she based herself in Paris.[13]