Marthe Koala

Marthe Koala
	Koala in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Marthe Christiane Yasmine Koala
Nationality	Burkina Faso
Born	8 March 1994 (age 27); Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Education	University of Malta
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Heptathlon
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing Burkina Faso
African Games
African Championships
	Updated on 26 August 2016.

Marthe Koala (born 8 March 1994) is a Burkinabe athlete competing in the 100 metres hurdles and heptathlon.^[3] At the 2012 and the 2020 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's 100 metres hurdles. She also competed in the women's heptathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but was injured during the shot put and was unable to participate in the remaining four events.^[4]

Competition record[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Burkina Faso
2011	World Youth Championships	Lille, France	37th (h)	200 m	25.80 s
2011	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	5th	Heptathlon	5133 pts
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	34th (h)	100 m hurdles	14.15 s
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	33rd (h)	100 m hurdles	13.91 s
2013	African Junior Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	1st	100 m hurdles	14.09 s
	African Junior Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	3rd	Long jump	5.60 m (w)
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Nice, France	7th	100 m hurdles	13.75 s
2014	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	1st	Heptathlon	5454 pts
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	–	Heptathlon	DNF
2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	3rd	Heptathlon	5664 pts
2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.36 s
	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	2nd	Heptathlon	5952 pts
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	43rd (h)	100 m hurdles	13.41 s
2017	Jeux de la Francophonie	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	1st	100 m hurdles	13.32 s
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	1st	Long jump	6.52 m
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	35th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.38 s
2018	African Championships	Asaba, Nigeria	2nd	Long jump	6.54 m (w)
2018	African Championships	Asaba, Nigeria	2nd	Heptathlon	5967 pts
2019	Universiade	Naples, Italy	9th	Long jump	6.25 m
	Universiade	Naples, Italy	3rd	Heptathlon	6121 pts
	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.20 s
	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	1st	Heptathlon	5866 pts
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	–	Heptathlon	DNF
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	30th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.11 s
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	–	Heptathlon	DNF

References[]

^ 2017 Universiade bio
^ Rio 2016 bio
^ Marthe Koala at World Athletics
^ George, Mathew T. "PhD student gives Burkina Faso its first-ever Olympic medal", The Week, August 5, 2021.

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[1] 2017 Universiade bio

[2] Rio 2016 bio

[3] Marthe Koala at World Athletics

[4] George, Mathew T. "PhD student gives Burkina Faso its first-ever Olympic medal", The Week, August 5, 2021.

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v t African Games champions in women's heptathlon
1978†: Bella Bell-Gam (NGR) 1987: Yasmina Azzizi-Kettab (ALG) 1991: (NGR) 1995: (NGR) 1999: (RSA) 2003–11: Margaret Simpson (GHA) 2015: Uhunoma Osazuwa (NGR) 2019: Marthe Koala (BUR)
† Held as pentathlon