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Odile Ahouanwanou

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Nationality
  
Beninese

Role
  
Athlete

Country
  
Benin

Height
  
1.78 m


Sport
  
Athletics

Weight
  
71 kg

Name
  
Odile Ahouanwanou

Events
  
100 metres hurdles

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Born
  
5 January 1991 (age 33) (
1991-01-05
)
Savalou, Benin

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Odile Ahouanwanou (born 5 January 1991) is a Beninese heptathlete, who also specialises in the 100 metres hurdles; she holds Beninese records in both events. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2015 African Games and two African Championships in Athletics, and won a silver medal in the heptathlon at the 2015 African Games.

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Competition

Ahouanwanou debuted internationally at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics in Porto-Novo, Benin. She competed in the heptathlon and finished sixth overall with a points score of 4983, 941 points behind the gold medalist. Ahouanwanou's best result in an individual discipline was fourth in both the javelin and shot put. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed in the 100 metres hurdles. She placed eighth out of nine competitors in Heat 6, setting a new Beninese national record at 14.76 seconds.

Ahouanwanou's next major competition was the 2014 African Championships in Athletics, where she finished eighth in the heptathlon with 4309 points. She won the shot put and javelin disciplines, but she was disqualified in the 100 metres hurdles. Ahouanwanou then competed in the 2015 African Games, where she won the silver medal in the heptathlon with a points score of 5734. She finished first in the shot put and in the javelin, second in the 200 metres, fourth in the high jump, fifth in the 100 metres hurdles, seven in the 800 metres and eighth in the long jump.

References

Odile Ahouanwanou Wikipedia