Maboundou Koné | |
Nationality: | Ivory Coast |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Sprint |
Birth Date: | 16 May 1997 |
Pb: | 100m: 11.17 (Kinshasa, 2023) 200m: 22.53 (Kinshasa, 2023) |
Maboundou Koné (born 16 May 1997) is a track and field athlete from the Ivory Coast who competes as a sprinter.[1]
She was part of the Ivory Coast 4x100m relay team that ran 42.23 seconds to win the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne.[2] [3]
In August 2023, she set a new personal best time for the 200 meters of 22.53 seconds in Kinshasa.[4]
Selected for the 200 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, she qualified for the semi-finals.[5]
She ran as part of the Ivory Coast 4x100m relay team, which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2024.[6] She finished second that month to Shericka Jackson in the 200 meters at the 2024 Diamond League event 2024 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme in Rabat.[7] In June 2024, she finished fifth in the 200m at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan Diamond League event in Stockholm.[8] In June 2024, she won bronze in the 100 metres at the African Championships in Douala, Cameroon.[9]
She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris over 200 metres, reaching the semi-finals.[10]