Rosvitha Okou Explained

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Rosvitha Okou
Birth Date:5 September 1986
Birth Place:Gagnoa, Ivory Coast[1]
Sport:Athletics
Event:100 m hurdles
Height:1.65 m
Weight:62 kg
Updated:27 August 2016

Bodjiho Rosvitha Okou (born 5 September 1986, Gagnoa, Côte d'Ivoire) is an Ivorian hurdler. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 100 metres hurdles without reaching the semifinals. In addition, she won a silver medal at the 2014 African Championships. Until 2012 she represented France.

Her personal bests are 13.13 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (+0.1 m/s, La Roche-sur-Yon 2011) and 8.17 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Mondeville 2014).[2] Both are current national records.

International competitions

Representing
2005European Junior ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania24th (h)100 m hurdles14.89
Representing
2012African ChampionshipsPorto Novo, Benin6th100 m hurdles13.74
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom36th (h)100 m hurdles13.62
2013Jeux de la FrancophonieNice, France5th100 m hurdles13.69
5th4 × 100 m relay45.84
2014African ChampionshipsMarrakech, Moroccobgcolor=silver2nd100 m hurdles13.26
2015African GamesBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo4th100 m hurdles13.32
3rd4 × 100 m relay43.98
2017Jeux de la FrancophonieAbidjan, Ivory Coast4th100 m hurdles13.59
2018African ChampionshipsAsaba, Nigeria3rd100 m hurdles13.39
bgcolor=silver2nd4 × 100 m relay44.40
2019African GamesRabat, Morocco5th100 m hurdles13.72

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418050630/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ok/rosevitha-okou-1.html Sports-Reference profile
  2. http://www.all-athletics.com/node/119763 All-Athletics profile