Zaynab Dosso

Zaynab Dosso (born 12 September 1999) is an Italian sprinter. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 4 × 100 m relay.^[2]

Zaynab Dosso

Dosso in 2019
Personal information
National team	Italy (13 caps)[1]
Born	(1999-09-12) 12 September 1999 (age 25) Man, Ivory Coast
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprinting
Club	Fiamme Azzurre[1]
Coached by	Loredana Riccardi
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	60 m indoor: 7.02 (2024) NR 100 m: 11.02 (2024) NR 200 m: 24.01 (2017)
Medal record Representing  Italy World Indoor Championships 2024 Glasgow 60 m European Championships 2022 Munich 4×100 m relay 2024 Rome 100 m

Julien Alfred and Zaynab Dosso at Glasgow 2024.

Biography

Daughter of Ivorian parents who moved to Italy in 2002, Zaynab came to Italy in 2009 when she was ten; she acquired Italian citizenship in 2016.^[1]

National records

• 100 metres: 11.01 ( Rome, 9 June 2024) – current holder^[3]
• 60 metres (i): 7.02 ( Toruń, 6 February 2024) – current holder

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Notes
2019	European Team Championships	Bydgoszcz	5th	100 m	11.70	[note 1]
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	44.20	SB
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade	12th	60 m	7.16	[note 2]
	World Championships	Eugene	21th	100 m	11.28	[note 3]
			8th	4 × 100 m relay	42.92	[note 4]
	European Championships	Munich	7th	100 m	11.37	[note 5]
			3rd	4 x 100 m relay	42.84
2023	European Team Championships	Chorzów	12th	100 m	11.45	SB
	2023 World Athletics Championships	Budapest	18th	100 m	11.19	[note 6]
			4th	4 x 100 m relay	42.49	[note 7]
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow	3rd	60 m	7.05
	World Relays	Nassau	11th	4 x 100 m relay	43.08
	European Championships	Rome	3rd	100 m	11.03	[note 8]

National titles

She has won five national titles at individual senior level.

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 100 metres: 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023^[4]
• Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
  • 60 metres: 2022, 2024

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 11.01 (+2.0 m/s, 9 June 2024, Rome) NR

Indoor

• 60 metres – 7.02 (6 February 2024, Toruń) NR

See also

• Italian records in athletics
• Italian all-time lists – 100 metres
• Naturalized athletes of Italy

Notes

1. She ran a better crono 11.49 in the heats
2. She ran a better crono 7.14 SB in semi-finals
3. She ran a better crono 11.26 in semi-finals
4. They ran a better crono 42.71 SB in semi-finals
5. She ran a better crono 11.28 in semi-finals
6. She ran a better crono 11.14 SB in the heats
7. They set a 42.14 NR in the heats
8. She ran a better crono and set a NR of 11.01 in the heats.^[3]

References

1. "Zaynab Dosso Biography" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
2. "Athletics DOSSO Zaynab". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 14 October 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
3. "Europei atletica, Zaynab Dosso in finale nei 100m donne: nuovo record italiano, 11.01" (in Italian). ilmessaggero.it. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
4. "Jacobs e Dosso, tricolore nel vento" (in Italian). fidal.it. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

External links

• Zaynab Dosso at World Athletics
• Zaynab Dosso at European Athletics
• Zaynab Dosso at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Zaynab Dosso at Olympics.com
• Zaynab Dosso at Olympedia