Maboundou Koné
Ivorian sprinter (born 1997)
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Maboundou Koné (born 16 May 1997) is an Ivorian track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. She ran at the 2024 Olympic Games and won the gold medal over 200 metres at the 2026 African Championships in Athletics.[1]
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Ivory Coast |
| Born | 16 May 1997 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Sprint |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 100 m: 11.09 (Troyes, 2025) 200 m: 22.53 (Kinshasa, 2023) |
Biography
She was part of the Ivory Coast 4 × 100 m 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 4 × 100 m 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 200 m 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] She also competed in the 100 metres race at the Games.[11] She was also a member of her nation's relay team that competed in the 4x100m relay at the Games.[12]
She competed in the 200 metres at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event in China on 3 May 2025.[13] She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Women's 4 × 100 metres relay in May 2025.[14] In June 2025, she lowered her personal best to 11.09 seconds for the 100 metres whilst competing in Troyes, France (+1.6 m/s).[15]
In September 2025, she competed in the 100 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[16] She also ran in the women's 200 metres at the championships.[17] She also ran in the women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the championships.[18]
In May, Kone won the gold medal in the 200 metres at the 2026 African Championships in Athletics in Accra, Ghana.[19]