Aurore Kassambara

Aurore Kassambara (born 26 October 1979) is a French athlete who specialises in the hurdles. Kassambara competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin.

Aurore Kassambara
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born26 October 1979 (1979-10-26) (age 44)
Paris
Years active2008-2010s
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Event(s)400 m hurdles, 4 × 400 m relay
ClubLagardère Paris Racing
Coached byKetty Cham
Medal record
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2003 Daegu 4 × 100 metres relay
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2009 Pescara 400m hurdles

She became Champion of France for the 400m hurdles in 2008 running 55.96s just missing the minimum Olympic qualifying time by a little. She beat this time at the meeting Herculis at Monaco running 55.24s. She was selected for the 2008 Olympic Games at Peking for the female 4 × 400 m relay[1] but did not actually run in the event.

References

  1. "Aurore KASSAMBARA". pekin.franceolympique.com. Retrieved 1 February 2012.


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