AHOUANWANOU Odile

Date of Birth: 5 Jan 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Birth Country:

Benin

Place of residence : SOTTEVILLE-LES-ROUEN

Residence Country:

France

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Heptathlon	15

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's Heptathlon 100m Hurdles - Heat 3	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - High Jump B	Women's Heptathlon High Jump - Group A	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Shot Put B	Women's Heptathlon Shot Put - Group B	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's Heptathlon 200m - Heat 3	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Long Jump A	Women's Heptathlon Long Jump - Group A	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Women's Heptathlon Javelin Throw - Group B	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's Heptathlon 800m - Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	100m Hurdles
2012	London, GBR	1R (14.76)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Heptathlon
2019	Doha, QAT	8th (6210)
2017	London, GBR	19th (6020)

African Games

Year	Location	100m Hurdles	High Jump	Shot Put
2019	Rabat, MAR	Heats (14.42)	11th (1.70)	4th (13.77)

African Championships

Year	Location	Heptathlon
2018	Asaba, NGR	1st (5999)

World Combined Events Challenge

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
2	Heptathlon	2021	Ratingen, GER	6274
5	Heptathlon	2017	Kladno, CZE	6131
6	Heptathlon	2019	Talence, FRA	6200
6	Heptathlon	2017	Talence, FRA	5840
8	Heptathlon	2019	Doha, QAT	6210
16	Heptathlon	2021	Gotzis, AUT	5824
19	Heptathlon	2017	London, GBR	6020

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Travel, reading, music. (Athlete, 07 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Stade Sottevillais 76 [Benin]

Franck Hounkanlinkpe, Achille Aihou, Arnaud Bunel, Vincent Turpin

She missed several months of action after fracturing the tibia bone in her leg at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (Athlete, 21 Jul 2021)

She took up athletics in 2005 at age 14 in Savalou, Benin. (matinlibre.com, 22 Jun 2020; jipsportsbj.info, 02 May 2012)

She played football before getting involved in athletics. "At school, when we competed [in athletics], I beat everyone. But initially, I didn't think of doing athletics. For me, it was part of the school curriculum and it stopped there. It was football that was in my head." (matinlibre.com, 22 Jun 2020; jipsportsbj.info, 02 May 2012)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 01 Feb 2021)

Winning gold at the 2018 African Championships in Asaba, Nigeria, and finishing eighth at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (Athlete, 07 Jul 2021)

Beninese track athlete Bimbo Miel Ayedou. (jipsportsbj.info, 02 May 2012)

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. (Athlete, 07 Jun 2021)

General Interest

General
COACHING
She has trained as an athletics coach and works with young people through the Benin Athletics Federation [FBA]. "I encourage young girls to play sports, whatever the discipline. I encourage them to try out heptathlon. It allows you to know yourself, to surpass yourself and to be yourself naturally. If I start by talking about my debut in heptathlon or in sports, people cannot understand, cannot see how far I have come. So I encourage them not to let go. People will tell them, 'It's not your place, you don't have to do this, it's for men, women deserve better'. But you can do it. They just need to be aware of what they want to do and how far they can go. If they have a goal in mind, nothing is stopping them." (matinlibre.com, 22 Jun 2020)

Milestones

She became the first Beninese athlete to win a gold medal at the Islamic Solidarity Games by claiming victory in the 100m hurdles at the 2017 Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. (baku2017.com, 18 May 2017)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/odileahouanwanou/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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