Amadou Gakou (born 25 March 1940) is a retired Senegalese sprinter. He competed in the 400 m event at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics with the best achievement of fourth place in 1968, setting a national record at 45.01 seconds. He won a silver medal at the 1965 All-Africa Games.[1]
Amadou Gakou
Amadou Gakou at the 1968 Olympics
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25 March 1940 (1940-03-25) (age 83) Dakar, Senegal
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amadou, gakou, born, march, 1940, retired, senegalese, sprinter, competed, event, 1964, 1968, 1972, olympics, with, best, achievement, fourth, place, 1968, setting, national, record, seconds, silver, medal, 1965, africa, games, 1968, olympicspersonal, informat. Amadou Gakou born 25 March 1940 is a retired Senegalese sprinter He competed in the 400 m event at the 1964 1968 and 1972 Olympics with the best achievement of fourth place in 1968 setting a national record at 45 01 seconds He won a silver medal at the 1965 All Africa Games 1 Amadou GakouAmadou Gakou at the 1968 OlympicsPersonal informationBorn25 March 1940 1940 03 25 age 83 Dakar SenegalHeight1 75 m 5 ft 9 in Weight69 kg 152 lb SportSportSprint runningAchievements and titlesPersonal best400 m 45 01 1968 Medal record Representing SenegalAll Africa Games1965 Brazzaville 400 mHis sister is the grandmother of 400 metres runner Fatou Bintou Fall 1 References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Amadou Gakou a b Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Amadou Gakou Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 External links editAmadou Gakou at World Athletics nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to Senegalese athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Amadou Gakou amp oldid 1183968797, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
