Kéné Ndoye

Kéné Ndoye
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Senegal
All-Africa Games

Kéné Ndoye (20 November 1978 – 13 February 2023)^[1] was a Senegalese track and field athlete, competing internationally for Senegal. She was 14th in the triple jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.^[2]

She won Senegal's first world indoor medal when she took bronze in the triple jump at the 2003 World Indoor Championships.^[3] She was also successful in the African Championships in Athletics where she won ten medals in athletics (three Gold, three Silver and four Bronze).^[2] She had three All Africa Games Medals (one Gold, two Bronze) and won the Golden Lion as Senegal's top sports person for 2003.^[3] She was a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program from November 2002. Kéné Ndoye died February 13, 2023, at the age of 44.^[4]

International competitions[edit]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Senegal
1996	African Championships	Yaoundé, Cameroon	3rd	Long jump	5.85 m
	African Championships	Yaoundé, Cameroon	1st	Triple jump	12.99 m
	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	21st (q)	Long jump	5.42 m (wind: -0.6 m/s)
	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	25th (q)	Triple jump	12.10 m (wind: +0.9 m/s)
1997	African Junior Championships	Ibadan, Nigeria	4th	Triple jump	12.67 m
1998	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	3rd	Triple jump	13.30 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	17th (q)	Triple jump	13.90 m
	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	4th	Long jump	6.47 m
	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	3rd	Triple jump	13.88 m
2000	African Championships	Algiers, Algeria	1st	Long jump	6.39 m
	African Championships	Algiers, Algeria	3rd	Triple jump	13.81 m
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	14th (q)	Triple jump	13.96 m
2002	African Championships	Radès, Tunisia	3rd	100 m hurdles	13.72 s (w)
			2nd	Long jump	6.45 m (w)
			2nd	Triple jump	14.28 m
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	3rd	Triple jump	14.72 m (iNR)
	World Championships	Paris, France	10th	Triple jump	14.29 m
	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	4th	Long jump	6.37 m
	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	1st	Triple jump	14.23 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	22nd (q)	Triple jump	13.77 m
	African Championships	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	1st	Long jump	6.64 m
	African Championships	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	2nd	Triple jump	14.44 m
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	22nd (q)	Long jump	6.45 m
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	14th	Triple jump	14.18 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	Triple jump	14.47 m
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	13th (q)	Triple jump	13.88 m
	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	2nd	Long jump	6.30 m
	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	2nd	Triple jump	14.08 m (w)
2011	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	2nd	Triple jump	13.69 m

References[edit]

^ "Athlétisme : décès de l'ancienne athlète Kène Ndoye (médias)". 14 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b Kene NDOYE Biography
^ ^a ^b "Athlétisme: Kène Ndoye, ancienne spécialiste sénégalaise du saut, est morte". RFI (in French). 14 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
^ "Senegalese former track and field Olympian Kéné Ndoye dies at the age of 44". www.aipsmedia.com. Retrieved 15 February 2023.

External links[edit]

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kéné Ndoye". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
World Indoor Championships

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[1] "Athlétisme : décès de l'ancienne athlète Kène Ndoye (médias)". 14 February 2023.

[:0-2] Kene NDOYE Biography

[:1-3] "Athlétisme: Kène Ndoye, ancienne spécialiste sénégalaise du saut, est morte". RFI (in French). 14 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.

[4] "Senegalese former track and field Olympian Kéné Ndoye dies at the age of 44". www.aipsmedia.com. Retrieved 15 February 2023.

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