Alima Ouattara

Sinali Alima Outtara (born 1 February 1988)[1] is an Ivorian pole vaulter, who is the national record holder in indoor and outdoor pole vault events. She won a bronze medal at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics, a silver medal at the 2011 All-Africa Games, and a bronze medal at the 2015 African Games.

Alima Ouattara
Personal information
Full nameSinali Alima Outtara
Born (1988-01-02) 2 January 1988
Ivory Coast
Sport
SportAthletics
Medal record
Pole vault
Representing  Ivory Coast
African Championships in Athletics
Bronze medal – third place2010 NairobiPole vault
All-Africa Games
Silver medal – second place2011 MaputoPole vault
Bronze medal – third place2015 BrazzavillePole vault

Personal life

As of 2011, Ouattara lived in Paris, France.[2]

Career

In 2008, Ouattra came joint sixth in the junior pole vault event at the French national championships.[3] In 2010, she came third in the pole vault event at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics, after clearing a height of 3.40 metres.[4] She came second in the pole vault event at the 2011 All-Africa Games.[2][4][5] Ouattra cleared a height of 3.20 metres, and was one of only two people with a successful attempt in the event.[5] She was the country's first medallist at the Games.[2] In the same year, Ouattara set an Ivorian national record for indoor pole vault, by clearing a height of 3.65 metres at an event in Aulnay-sous-Bois, France.[1]

In 2014, Ouattra set an outdoor national record of 3.80 metres at an event in Aulnay-sous-Bois, France.[6] She came third at the 2015 African Games, clearing a height of 3.40 metres.[7] In 2016, Ouattra came fourth in the pole vault event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics.[8] Ouattra competed at the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie; she was one of eight Ivorian women at the Games.[9]

References
  1. "National Indoor Records" (PDF) (pdf). World Athletics. 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. "Jeux africains: Alima Ouattara décroche la première médaille ivoirienne". Abidjan.net (in French). 13 September 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. "Championnats de France Cadets, Juniors, Espoirs" (PDF) (pdf) (in French). 18 July 2008. p. 47. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. "2016 Olympic Games Statistics - Women's PV" (PDF) (pdf). Track and Field News. 2016. p. 7. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  5. "Women Pole Vault Athletics X All Africa Games Maputo (MOZ) 2011 - Monday 12.09". Todor66.com. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  6. "Alima Ouattra". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  7. "Results" (PDF). 2015 African Games. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  8. "Meeting :20TH CAA AFRICAN SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS at KINGS PARK-DURBAN-RSA from 2016/06/22 to 2016/06/26" (PDF) (pdf). Confederation of African Athletics. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  9. "VIIIes jeux de la francophonie: Amichia encourage les athlètes ivoiriens #JeuxAbidjan2017". Les Points Sur (in French). 15 July 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
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