Noélie Yarigo Explained

Noélie Yarigo
Full Name:Noélie Ditchakou Yarigo[1]
Birth Date:26 December 1985
Birth Place:Natitingou, Benin
Education:Parakou University, Benin
Height:168 cm[2]
Weight:56 kg
Sport:Track and field
Event:800 metres
Club:ECCAS[3]
Coach:Claude Guillaume

Noélie Ditchakou Yarigo (born 26 December 1985)[4] is a middle-distance runner from Benin who competes primarily in the 800 metres. She represented her country at the 2016 Rio, 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2024 Paris Olympics.

Yarigo holds five Beninese national records including at 800 m indoors and out.

Career

Noélie Yarigo set her first Beninese 800 metres record in 2003 at the age of 17, reducing it to 2:11.61 while still a teenager two years later. But she then took a long break from the sport and only returned in 2012 at the age of 26.[5]

She serves with the Benin Air Force. She was given leave to prepare for the 2016 Rio Olympics and used it to train in France at the club run by the wife of her coach. At the Games, Yarigo broke for the first time the two-minute barrier in the heats with a time of 1:59.12.

At the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she twisted her ankle in the heats.

On 8 February 2023, at age 37 and after primarily focusing on being a pacemaker on the international racing circuit before, Yarigo set a significant personal best in the 800 m. She clocked 1:58.48 for second at the indoor Copernicus Cup in Toruń, Poland, improving her 1:59.12 set outdoors at the 2016 Rio Games.[6]

Statistics

International competitions

2005Jeux de la FrancophonieNiamey, Niger6th800 m2:11.61
5th4 × 400 m relay3:47.56
2007All-Africa GamesAlgiers, Algeria16th (h)800 m2:13.29
2013Jeux de la FrancophonieNice, France9th (h)800 m2:06.76
2014African ChampionshipsMarrakech, Morocco5th800 m2:01.64
2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China35th (h)800 m2:02.48
2016African ChampionshipsDurban, South Africa6th800 m2:02.68
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil13th (sf)800 m1:59.78
2017Islamic Solidarity GamesBaku, Azerbaijan3rd800 m2:02.47
Jeux de la FrancophonieNice, Francebgcolor=silver2nd800 m2:01.27
–4 × 100 m relayDNF
World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom7th (sf)800 m1:59.74
2018African ChampionshipsAsaba, Nigeria7th800 m2:04.36
2019African GamesRabat, Morocco7th800 m2:04.66
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar10th (sf)800 m2:00.75
2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan17th (sf)800 m2:01.41
2022World ChampionshipsEugene, OR, United States22nd (sf)800 m2:01.52
2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary8th (sf)800 m1:59.43
2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom3rd800 m2:03.15

Personal bests

Notes and References

  1. http://www.microplustiming.com/RPDS-JDF17/_Doc/CLS-ASF-800%20m-FINALE-ALL.pdf?rnd=599486b763153 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie results
  2. https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/noelie-yarigo Noelie Yarigo
  3. http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=yarigo-noelie-1150188/index.html Noelie Yarigo
  4. Web site: Noélie YARIGO – Athlete Profile . . 1 January 2023.
  5. Web site: Valiente . Emeterio . 30 March 2023 . From pacer to racer, Yarigo now targets individual success . 30 March 2023 . World Athletics.
  6. Web site: Gault . Jonathan . 8 February 2023 . Keely Hodgkinson (1:57) & Gudaf Tsegay (4:16) Rip Fast Times in Torun . 8 February 2023 . LetsRun.com.

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