TA LOU Marie-Josee

Olympic Games

Year	Location	100m	200m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4th (10.86)	4th (22.21)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	100m	200m
2019	Doha, QAT	3rd (10.90)	Heats (DNS)
2017	London, GBR	2nd (10.86)	2nd (22.08)
2015	Beijing, CHN	SF (11.04)	SF (22.56)

African Games

Year	Location	100m	200m
2019	Rabat, MAR	1st (11.09)	3rd (23.00)

African Championships

Year	Location	100m	200m	4 x 100m
2018	Asaba, NGR	1st (11.15)	1st (22.50)	2nd (44.40)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	100m	200m
2021	1 x 1st, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th	3 x 2nd
2020	1 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd, 1 x 4th	-
2019	2 x 2nd, 3 x 3rd, 1 x 4th	1 x 6th, 1 x 8th
2018	4 x 1st, 1 x 3rd	1 x 1st, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th
2017	5 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2021	100m	Oslo, NOR	10.91
1	2018	100m	Monaco, MON	10.89
1	2018	100m	Lausanne, SUI	10.90
1	2018	100m	Eugene, OR, USA	10.88
1	2018	100m	Doha, QAT	10.85
1	2018	200m	Rome, ITA	22.49
1	2017	200m	Monaco, MON	22.25
2	2021	200m	Monaco, MON	22.25
2	2021	200m	Stockholm, SWE	22.36
2	2021	200m	Florence, ITA	22.58
2	2020	100m	Doha, QAT	11.21
2	2019	100m	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	11.13
2	2019	100m	Rabat, MAR	11.09
2	2017	100m	Brussels, BEL	10.93
2	2017	100m	Birmingham, GBR	10.97
2	2017	100m	Rabat, MAR	10.90
2	2017	100m	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	10.96
2	2017	100m	Rome, ITA	11.03
2	2017	200m	Lausanne, SUI	22.16

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2021	100m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Szekesfehervar, HUN	10.86
4	2020	200m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Szekesfehervar, HUN	23.33
5	2020	150m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Ostrava, CZE	16.99

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2018	100m	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	11.05
1	2018	100m	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	11.08
1	2017	200m	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	22.44
2	2017	200m	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	22.44

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	60m
2018	Birmingham, GBR	2nd (7.05)

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

Athlete

Medicine - University of Abobo-Adjame, Abidjan, CIV

English, French

Stade Francais [Paris, FRA]

Anthony Koffi [personal], CIV

Pain in her right knee and in one of her feet prevented her from competing in the 200m event at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (africatopsports.com, 30 Sep 2019)

She sustained an injury to her left hamstring at the 2016 Diamond League event in Doha, Qatar. (news.abidjan.net, 09 May 2016)

She took up athletics in 2008. (regionale.info, 06 May 2016)

She initially played football, but her older brother encouraged her to try athletics. (regionale.info, 06 May 2016)

To become the first female athlete from an African nation to win a gold medal in the 100m at the Olympic Games or world championships. (bbc.com, 23 Apr 2019; reuters.com, 28 Aug 2018)

She bases her training in Cote d'Ivoire. "I have all I need here in Africa. We have good weather, good food, family is close and I love the environment here." (nation.co.ke, 20 Jan 2019)

Nigerian athlete Blessing Okagbare. (reuters.com, 28 Aug 2018)

Coach Anthony Koffi. (nation.co.ke, 20 Jan 2019)

"I just do my training the best way I can and wait for things to unfold." (reuters.com, 28 Aug 2018)

In 2018 she was named Best Sportsperson of Cote d'Ivoire at the Ivorian National Excellence Awards. (radiotankonnon.over-blog.com, 06 Aug 2018; Twitter profile, 06 Aug 2018)

She received the 2017 Mandela Award for Best African Sportsperson. (trace.ci, 21 Mar 2018; Twitter profile, 19 Mar 2018)

She was named 2015 African Athlete of the Year by the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa [ANOCA]. (sport-ivoire.ci, 06 Oct 2015)

She was named Best Female Athlete for athletics at the 2015 African Games in Brazzaville, Congo. (news.abidjan.net, 19 Sep 2015)