Floria Gueï Explained

Birth Date:2 May 1990
Height:1.66 m
Weight:52 kg
Club:Entente Sud lyonnais

Floria Gueï (in French pronounced as /flɔʁja ɡe.i/; born 2 May 1990[1]) is a French sprint athlete of Ivorian origin specialising in the 400 metres. A 2016 European Championships silver medallist and a 2017 European Indoor Championships gold medallist, she also won as a member of women's 4x400 m relays a bronze at the 2013 World Championships and medals at several other international competitions.

Gueï is known for her remarkable last leg at the 2014 European Championships relay final, when she went from fourth to first in the last 50 metres of the race.[2]

Career

Gueï has won 4 medals in the 4x400 metres relay at the consecutive European Championships in 2012-18; three silver and a gold in 2014.

She was first selected for the event's French A team in 2010, when she ran in the heats.

In August 2014 at the European Championships in Zurich Floria Gueï ran one of the most remarkable final legs of a 4 x 400m relay ever seen. She took the baton in fourth place approximately a second behind the three leading runners from the UK, Russia and Ukraine, each of whom had run faster than Gueï in the individual 400m event at the Championships. With 200m remaining she still appeared out of medal contention but finished with a sprint in which she passed all the other athletes in the last 50m to win the race for France at the last stride by 0.05 seconds. Her time for the leg was 49.71, almost two seconds faster than her personal best of 51.42 at the time, prompting the exclamation from an ecstatic French TV commentator "but that is not possible!" (mais ce n'est pas possible!).[3]

In July 2016, Gueï won a silver medal in the 400 metres at the European Championships. She won a gold medal in the event at the 2017 European Indoor Championships.[4]

In July 2017, Gueï announced her withdrawal from the 2017 World Championships due to medical issues.[5]

In July 2018, she finished second in the 400 metres at the World Cup, and returned later that evening to anchor the 4x400 metres relay with remarkable run, pulling France from a distant fifth to take a bronze medal.

In February 2019, Gueï announced her pregnancy on her Instagram account, and gave birth to a boy on 23 April.[6] [7] She then returned to training, and took part in two competitions in 2020.

She qualified for the 4x400 m relay at the 2021's 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[8]

Achievements

International competitions

2007European Youth Olympic FestivalBelgrade, Serbiabgcolor=silver2nd4x100 m46.43
2008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland27th (h)400 m55.74
4th4×400 m3:35.83
2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain5th4×400 m
2011European Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France3rd4×400 m3:32.16
European U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic12th (h)400 m54.09
3rd4×400 m3:31.73
World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea14th (h)4×400 m3:28.02
2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finlandbgcolor=silver2nd4×400 m3:25.49
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom5th4×400 m3:25.92
2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia12th (sf)400 m51.42
3rd4×400 m3:24.21
Francophone GamesNice, Francebgcolor=gold1st400 m52.31
3rd4×400 m3:35.20
2014World RelaysNassau, Bahamas4th4×400 m3:25.84
European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland11th (sf)400 m52.82
bgcolor=gold1st4×400 m3:24.28
2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic6th (sf)400 m53.00
bgcolor=gold1st4×400 m
World ChampionshipsBeijing, China15th (sf)400 m51.30
7th4×400 m3:26.45
2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlandsbgcolor=silver2nd400 m51.21
bgcolor=silver2nd4×400 m3:25.96
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil11th (sf)400 m51.08
10th (h)4×400 m3:26.18
2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbiabgcolor=gold1st400 m
5th4×400 m3:33.61
World RelaysNassau, Bahamas8th4×400 m3:35.03
2018World CupLondon, United Kingdombgcolor=silver2nd400 m51.84
3rd4×400 m3:25.91
European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany7th400 m51.57
bgcolor=silver2nd4×400 m3:27.17
2021World RelaysChorzów, Poland8th4×400 m
Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan11th (h)4×400 m3:25.07

Circuit wins

National titles

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Floria GUEI – Athlete Profile. 2019-01-01. World Athletics.
  2. External videos on YouTube:
  3. Web site: 'Miracle' Race in EC Women's 4×400 Relay. 18 August 2014 .
  4. Web site: 2017-03-04. Floria Gueï médaillée d'or européenne sur 400 m à Belgrade. L'Équipe. fr.
  5. Web site: 2017-07-25. Floria Gueï forfait pour les Championnats du monde de Londres. L'Équipe. fr.
  6. Web site: 2019-02-15. Floria Guei annonce sa grossesse. 2021-06-21. L'Équipe. fr.
  7. Web site: 2019-04-25. Floria Gueï annonce la naissance de son petit garçon. 2021-06-21. Le Progrès. fr.
  8. Web site: Jame. Hadrien. 2021-06-13. Athlétisme : la Lyonnaise Floria Gueï manque les minima pour les Jeux de Tokyo. 2021-06-21. Lyon Capitale. fr.
  9. Web site: Floria Guei – Podiums. 2021-06-28. bases.athle.fr. French Athletics Federation. fr.

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