Cyréna Samba-Mayela

Cyréna Samba-Mayela (born 31 October 2000, Champigny-sur-Marne is a French athlete who competes in the 60m and 100m hurdles.[1]

Cyréna Samba-Mayela
Personal information
Birth nameCyréna Samba-Mayela
NationalityFrench
Born (2000-10-31) 31 October 2000
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 m hurdles

Junior career

Samba-Mayela won the gold medal in the medley relay at the 2016 European Youth Athletics Championships, running the 100m leg in Tbilisi.[2] The 2017 she was the World U18 Championship silver medallist in Nairobi in the 100m hurdles.[3]

National champion

She was crowned French senior champion in the 60m hurdles indoors in 2020 in Liévin.[4] On 12 September 2020 she won the French outdoor championship at the Stadium Municipal, Albi, running the 100m hurdles in a time of 12.73, the fastest ever time by a European teenager, and the eighth fastest French woman ever. In 2020 it was the fourth fastest time by any woman in the world.[5] Shortly prior to this, she had won victories over quality international line-ups in Chorzow and Marseille.[6]

In Madrid on June 19, 2021, Samba-Mayela took victory in 12.80 seconds in the 100m hurdles to meet the Olympic minimum standard for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.[7][8] Unfortunately an injury in the warm up pre-race prevented an Olympic debut.[9]

Personal life

Born in France, Samba-Mayela is of Congolese descent.[10]

References
  1. "Cyréna SAMBA-MAYELA | Profile". worldathletics.org.
  2. "ATHLE.FR | Championnats d'Europe cadets : Deux nouvelles médailles d'or pour les Bleuets !". www.athle.fr (in French).
  3. "Mondiaux cadets : Orban en or, Samba-Mayela en argent, Mouillac en bronze". Track and Life (in French). 16 July 2017.
  4. "Cyrena Samba-Mayela, championne de France indoor sur 60m haies : " J'ai essayé de ne pas trop prendre de risques "". L'Équipe (in French).
  5. "100 Metres Hurdles - women - senior - outdoor - 2020". www.worldathletics.org.
  6. "Samba-Mayela and Belocian impress at French Championships, Jaeger breaks world U18 heptathlon best | REPORTS | World Athletics". worldathletics.org.
  7. "Lavin set for Tokyo after Madrid run". BBC Sport. 19 June 2021.
  8. "Cyrena Samba-Mayela (100m haies), Rouguy Diallo et Jean-Marc Pontvianne (triple saut) décrochent les minima olympiques à Madrid". L'Équipe (in French).
  9. "Tokyo 2020 Men's 100m Results - Olympic athletics". Olympics.com.
  10. "Championnats d'Europe en salle : les athlètes ultramarins et afro-français de la sélection française".
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