Alima Ouattara
{{Short description|Ivorian pole vaulter}}
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|fullname = Sinali Alima Outtara
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|sport = Athletics
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|1|2|df=y}}
|birth_place= Ivory Coast
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{{Medal|Sport|Pole vault}}
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{{Medal|Competition|African Championships in Athletics}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2010 Nairobi|Pole vault}}
{{Medal|Competition|All-Africa Games}}
{{Medal|Silver|2011 Maputo|Pole vault}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2015 Brazzaville|Pole vault}}
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Sinali Alima Outtara (born 1 February 1988) 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.
Personal life
Career
In 2008, Ouattra came joint sixth in the junior pole vault event at the French national championships.{{cite web| url= http://cafresnoyathle.free.fr/cafresnoy/pdf/chpts-de-france-cadets-juniors-espoirs-18-07-08.pdf| type=pdf| title= Championnats de France Cadets, Juniors, Espoirs| language=fr| page=47| date=18 July 2008| accessdate=29 December 2020}} 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.{{cite web| url= https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/17-wpv-1.pdf| type=pdf| title= 2016 Olympic Games Statistics - Women's PV| publisher=Track and Field News| page=7| date=2016| accessdate=29 December 2020}} She came second in the pole vault event at the 2011 All-Africa Games.{{cite web| url= http://www.todor66.com/Africa_Games/2011/Athletics/Women_Pole_Vault.html| title= Women Pole Vault Athletics X All Africa Games Maputo (MOZ) 2011 - Monday 12.09| publisher=Todor66.com| accessdate=29 December 2020}} Ouattra cleared a height of 3.20 metres, and was one of only two people with a successful attempt in the event. She was the country's first medallist at the Games. 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.{{cite web| url= https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/5a76921e-2034-4f2d-96a6-ec6c9ad792f2.pdf| type=pdf| title= National Indoor Records| publisher=World Athletics| date=2012| accessdate=29 December 2020}}
In 2014, Ouattra set an outdoor national record of 3.80 metres at an event in Aulnay-sous-Bois, France.{{cite web| url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/cote-divoire/alima-ouattara-14273391| title= Alima Ouattra| publisher=World Athletics| accessdate=29 December 2020}} She came third at the 2015 African Games, clearing a height of 3.40 metres.{{cite web| url=http://brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com/pdf/AT/CLR-ASF-Perche-FINALE-01.PDF| title=Results| publisher=2015 African Games| accessdate=21 May 2021}} In 2016, Ouattra came fourth in the pole vault event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics.{{cite web| url= http://www.caaweb.org/fr/images/sampledata/pdf2016/DURBAN2016.pdf| type=pdf| title= Meeting :20TH CAA AFRICAN SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS at KINGS PARK-DURBAN-RSA from 2016/06/22 to 2016/06/26| publisher=Confederation of African Athletics| date=26 June 2016| accessdate=29 December 2020}} Ouattra competed at the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie; she was one of eight Ivorian women at the Games.{{cite news| url= http://lepointsur.com/viiies-jeux-de-francophonie-amichia-encourage-athletes-ivoiriens-jeuxabidjan2017/| title= VIIIes jeux de la francophonie: Amichia encourage les athlètes ivoiriens #JeuxAbidjan2017| language=fr| work=Les Points Sur| date=15 July 2017| accessdate=29 December 2020}}
References
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External links
- [http://worldathletics.org/athletes/cote-divoire/alima-ouattara-14273391 World Athletics]
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Category:Ivorian female pole vaulters
Category:Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in France
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games
Category:African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:African Games silver medalists for Ivory Coast
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games