Cyréna_Samba-Mayela

Cyréna Samba-Mayela

Cyréna Samba-Mayela

French athlete

Cyréna Samba-Mayela (born 31 October 2000)[1] is a French athlete who competes in the 60 metres hurdles and 100 metres hurdles. She won the gold medal in the 60 m hurdles at the 2022 World Indoor Championships. She was a silver medalist at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships where she lowered the current French national record to 7.73 seconds.[2]

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Samba-Mayela holds European under-18 bests in the 60 m and 100 m hurdles (76.2 cm). She won silver medals for the 100 m hurdles at the 2017 World U18 Championships and 2021 European U23 Championships.

Career

Junior career

Samba-Mayela won the gold medal in the medley relay at the 2016 European Youth Athletics Championships, running the 100 metres leg in Tbilisi.[3]

In 2017, she was the World U18 Championship 100 m hurdles silver medallist in Nairobi.[4]

2020–present

She was crowned French senior champion in the 60 m hurdles indoors in 2020 in Liévin.[5] On 12 September that year, she won the French outdoor championship at the Stadium Municipal, Albi, running the 100 m hurdles in a time of 12.73, the fastest ever time by a European teenager, and the eighth-fastest French woman ever. In 2020 it was the fourth-fastest time by a woman in the world.[6] Shortly prior to this, she had claimed victories over quality international line-ups in Chorzów and Marseille.[7]

In Madrid, on June 19, 2021, Samba-Mayela took victory in 12.80 seconds in the 100 m hurdles to meet the Olympic minimum standard for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[8][9] Unfortunately, an injury during the warm-up pre-race prevented her Olympic debut.[10]

In 2022, she won the gold medal for the 60 m hurdles at the World Indoor Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, setting a French national record of 7.78 seconds. Devynne Charlton took silver in 7.81 s while the third-placed Gabbi Cunningham clocked 7.87 s.[2]

In August 2023, she competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest and qualified for the semi-finals.[11]

She was a silver medalist at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow in the 60 metres hurdles.[12]

In April 2024, she ran a personal best and national record time of 12.55 at the 2024 Xiamen Diamond League.[13]

Achievements

International competitions

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National titles

Personal life

Born in France, Samba-Mayela is of Congolese descent.[14]

References

  1. [1]
    "Cyréna SAMBA-MAYELA | Profile". worldathletics.org.
  2. [2]
    Dennehy, Cathal (28 March 2022). "From Olympic heartbreak to world indoor delight for Samba-Mayela". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
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    "ATHLE.FR | Championnats d'Europe cadets : Deux nouvelles médailles d'or pour les Bleuets !". www.athle.fr (in French).
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    "Mondiaux cadets : Orban en or, Samba-Mayela en argent, Mouillac en bronze". Track and Life (in French). 16 July 2017. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
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    "Cyrena Samba-Mayela, championne de France indoor sur 60m haies : " J'ai essayé de ne pas trop prendre de risques "". L'Équipe (in French).
  6. [6]
    "100 Metres Hurdles - women - senior - outdoor - 2020". www.worldathletics.org.
  7. [7]
    "Samba-Mayela and Belocian impress at French Championships, Jaeger breaks world U18 heptathlon best | REPORTS | World Athletics". worldathletics.org.
  8. [8]
    "Lavin set for Tokyo after Madrid run". BBC Sport. 19 June 2021.
  9. [9]
    "Cyrena Samba-Mayela (100m haies), Rouguy Diallo et Jean-Marc Pontvianne (triple saut) décrochent les minima olympiques à Madrid". L'Équipe (in French).
  10. [10]
    "Tokyo 2020 Men's 100m Results - Olympic athletics". Olympics.com.
  11. [11]
    "Women's 100m Hurdles Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  12. [12]
    "Women's 60m hurdles Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  13. [13]
    Jacks, Bradley (20 April 2024). "Paulino opens season with 50.08 to win 400m in Xiamen; Charlton narrowly beaten by Camacho-Quinn in 100m hurdles". Sportsmax.tv. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  14. [14]
    "Championnats d'Europe en salle : les athlètes ultramarins et afro-français de la sélection française".
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