Sébastien Kouma
 Kouma, at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics Games (100m breastroke heats) | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | MLI & FRA |
| Born | 27 April 1997 Dijon, France |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Breaststroke |
| Club | Alliance Dijon Natation |
Sébastien Kouma (born 27 April 1997) is a Malian swimmer who lives in France.[1]
In 2017, he competed in the men's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.[2][3] He has participated to all the International Competitions since December 2016 (World Championships, African Games, African Championships, Zone 2 African Championships) and more than 5 French National Championships.
In 2019, he represented Mali at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea and he competed in the men's 50 metre breaststroke and men's 100 metre breaststroke events.[4] In 2019, he also represented Mali at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.[5]
On the 24th of July 2021, he became an Olympic Athlete, competing in the Men's 100 metre breaststroke in the 2020 Summer Olympics. Even if he broke the national record in this race, 1.02.84 against 1.03.31, he finished 44th out 49 athletes and didn't qualify for the semi-finals. [6]
He owns 12 National Records List of Malian records in swimming on 15 races in Long Course (50m).
References[]
- ^ "Swimming KOUMA Sebastien - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Heats results". FINA. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "Entry list" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "Swimming - Heat 2 Results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
External links[]
- Sebastien Kouma at Olympedia
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- 1997 births
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- Malian male swimmers
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- Swimmers at the 2019 African Games
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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