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Height
  
6'1

Sport
  
Athletics

Weight
  
95 kg

Country
  
College team
  
Mankato Mavericks

Events
  
100 metres, 200 metres

Emmanuel Matadi St Paul sprinter Emmanuel Matadi bears Liberia39s flag

Born
  
15 April 1991 (age 25) (
1991-04-15
)
Monrovia, Liberia

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Emmanuel Matadi born 15 April 1991 in Monrovia, Liberia . Liberian athlete competing in sprinting events. He won 2015 division 2 NCAA national titles in the 100m and 200m at Minnesota State, Mankato. Matadi also won the bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 2016 African Championships.

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Emmanuel Matadi Emmanuel Matadi39s journey from St Paul to Rio

He currently holds national records in the 60, 100 and 200 metres.

He competed for Liberia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 100m and 200m events. The first round of the 100m and did not qualify for the semifinals. He placed 5th with a time 20.49 during his heat in the first round of the 200m and did not qualify for the semifinals. He was the flag bearer for Liberia in the Parade of Nations.

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Personal bests

Outdoor

  • 100 metres – 9.97(W) , 10.14 (+1.1 m/s, Redlands 2016) NR
  • 200 metres – 20.44 (+0.9 m/s, Walnut 2016)
  • NR Indoor

  • 60 metres – 6.58 (Mankato 2016) NR
  • 200 metres – 21.10 (Brookings 2015) NR

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    References

    Emmanuel Matadi Wikipedia


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