Sekou Kaba

Sekou Mohamed Kaba (born 25 August 1990) is a Guinean-Canadian hurdler.[5] He competed in the 110 metres hurdles event at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing reaching the semifinals.

Sekou Kaba
Sekou Kaba in 2017
Personal information
Full nameSekou Mohamed Kaba[1]
Born (1990-08-25) 25 August 1990
Conakry, Guinea[2]
EducationUniversity of Ottawa[3]
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[4]
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportTrack and field
Event(s)110 metres hurdles
ClubOttawa Lions Track and Field Club

His family emigrated to Ypsilanti, Michigan in 2001 while Kaba moved to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in 2007.[2]

His personal bests are 13.43 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (+1.9 m/s, Edmonton 2015) and 7.77 seconds in the 60 meters hurdles (New York 2015). In July 2016 he was named in Canada's Olympic team.[6]

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Canada
2012 NACAC U23 Championships Irapuato, Mexico 5th 110 m hurdles 13.81
2013 Jeux de la Francophonie Nice, France 1st 110 m hurdles 13.84
2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Ontario, Canada 9th (h) 110 m hurdles 13.57
World Championships Beijing, China 22nd (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.58
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 28th (h) 110 m hurdles 13.70
2017 Jeux de la Francophonie Abidjan, Ivory Coast 2nd 110 m hurdles 13.81
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 7th 110 m hurdles 13.87

References
  1. 2017 JDLF results
  2. Biography
  3. 2015 PanAm Games profile
  4. Canada Olympic Team profile
  5. "Sekou Kaba". IAAF. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  6. Hossain, Asif (11 July 2016). "Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 July 2016.


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