Sport Sprint running Height 1.75 m Role Olympic athlete | Name Amadou Gakou Weight 69 kg | |
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Born 25 March 1940 (age 84) ( 1940-03-25 ) Dakar, Senegal | ||
Personal best(s) 400 m – 45.01 (1968) | ||
Amadou Gakou (born 25 March 1940) is a retired Senegalese sprinter. He competed in the 400 m event at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics with the best achievement of fourth place in 1968, setting a national record at 45.01 seconds. He won a silver medal at the 1965 All-Africa Games.
His sister is the grandmother of 400 metres runner Fatou Bintou Fall.
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