Myriam Soumaré

Myriam Soumaré

Myriam Soumaré on 2013 World Championships in Moscow
Personal information
Nationality	France
Born	(1986-10-29) October 29, 1986 (age 30) Paris, France
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	sprinting
Event(s)	50 metres, 60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 4 x 100 m relay, 4 x 400 m relay
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100m outdoor: 11.03 s (Zurich, 2014)(-0.4) 200m outdoor: 22.11 s (Brussels, 2014)(+0.1)
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  France European Championships 2010 Barcelona 200 metres 2010 Barcelona 4 x 100 m relay 2014 Zürich 100 m 2014 Zürich 4 x 100 m 2010 Barcelona 100 metres 2012 Helsinki 200 metres 2014 Zürich 200 m European Indoor Championships 2013 Gothenburg 60 metres Mediterranean Games 2009 Pescara 4x100 m relay 2009 Pescara 100 m European U23 Championships 2007 Debrecen 100 m

100m outdoor: 11.03 s (Zurich, 2014)(-0.4)

Myriam Soumaré (born 29 October 1986) is a retired French track and field sprinter. She announced her retirement from athletics in February 2016.

Soumaré made her Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed in only one event - the 4 x 100 meters relay together with Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, Lina Jacques-Sébastien and Carima Louami. In their first round heat they did not finish and were eliminated, due to a mistake with the baton exchange.

In her debut World Championships appearance at 2009, Soumaré took part in only one event - the 100 metres. She was eliminated in the quarter-finals of that event.

At the 2010 European Championships - her debut appearance in the European Championships - in Barcelona, Soumaré won the gold medal in the 200 metres with a time of 22.32 seconds in lane 8, shaving her previous personal best time by 0.69 second in doing so. She also won the 4 x 100 metres relay silver medal and the 100 metres bronze medal with a personal best time of 11.18 seconds, which was an improvement of 0.16 second over her previous personal best time.