Fatoumata Binta Diallo (athlete)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Born | 6 April 2000 Guinea |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Hurdles |
| Club | Benfica |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 400m hurdles: 54.64 (Rome, 2024) NR |
Fatoumata Binta Diallo (born 6 April 2000) is a Portuguese track and field athlete. She is the national record holder over 400 metres hurdles. She has also won national titles over 200 metres and 400 metres indoors. She competed at the 2024 Olympic Games.[1]
Career
[edit]Junior career
[edit]She participated at the Fatima Portuguese U18 Championships over 200 metres in 2015 and competed the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia. The following year, she won the bronze medal at the Pombal Portuguese Club Championships in the 400 metres. She continued her junior career that winter by winning the Faro Regional Winter Championships in 60 metres, 200 metres, and 400 metres. She then won the Marinha Grande Portuguese U20 Championships in the 400m. Later, she won the 2018 Pombal Portuguese U20 Indoor Championships in the 400m. It was not until 2019 that she started competing in hurdles, winning silver at the Portuguese U20 Championships in the 400m hurdles. She was part of the Portuguese 4x100m relay team at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships.[2]
Senior career
[edit]In June 2023, she competed for Portugal in the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Silesia running a 400 metres personal best of 55.57.[3] In July 2023, she became Portuguese national champion over 400 metres hurdles.[4] She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in the 400m hurdles, lowering her personal best to 55.27 seconds, and placing her second in the all-time Portuguese list.[5][6]
In February 2024, she won Portuguese national indoor titles over 200m and 400m.[7][8] She was part of the Portuguese 4x400m relay team which set a national record time of 3:31.93 at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.[9][10]
She qualified for the final of the 400 metres hurdles at the 2024 European Athletics Championships, in a personal best and national record time of 54.65 seconds. She placed eighth overall in the final.[11][12] She competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, finishing second in her heat to qualify for the semi-finals in a time of 54.75 seconds. She finished in sixth place in her semi-final in a time of 54.93 seconds.[13][14]
Personal life
[edit]She was born in Guinea but moved to Portugal at twelve years-old, after her parents had been there since she was five. From 2012, she studied at Escola Dr. Alberto Iria, in Olhão, Portugal. From 2019, she based herself in Paris.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fatoumata Binta Diallo". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ Filipova, Viliyana (14 May 2023). "Portugese athlete Fatouumata Binta Diallo". Femisports. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ "Women's 400m Hurdles Results - 2023 European Athletics Team Championships 1st Division". Watch Athletics. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Portuguese Championships". World Athletics. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Women's 400m Hurdles Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Athletics/World Championships: Fatoumata Diallo eliminated in the 400 meter hurdles". rtp.pt. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Portuguese Championships". World Athletics. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Portuguese Championships". World Athletics. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Bol anchors Netherlands to 4x400m glory in Glasgow". World Athletics. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Mundiais de atletismo: Estafeta feminina bate recorde nacional apesar de falhar final". desporto. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Record-Breaking Performances Shine on Day 4 of European Athletics Championships in Rome". Watch Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Women's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Clayton leads Jamaicans into women's 400m hurdles semis". Jamaica Observer. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ "Fatoumata Diallo: "I didn't have a childhood like everyone else, in Africa I was already an adult"". flashscore.pt. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
