Cyréna Samba-Mayela

Cyréna Samba-Mayela (born 31 October 2000)[1] is a French athlete who competes in the 60 metres hurdles and 100 metres hurdles. In 2022, she became at the former event World indoor champion in Belgrade, with the current French national record of 7.78 seconds.[2]

Cyréna Samba-Mayela
Personal information
Birth nameCyréna Samba-Mayela
Born (2000-10-31) 31 October 2000
Champigny-sur-Marne, France
Sport
CountryFrance
SportTrack and field
Event(s)60 m hurdles
100 m hurdles
Coached byTeddy Tamgho (2019–)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  France
World Indoor Championships
2022 Belgrade60 m hurdles
European U23 Championships
2021 Tallinn100 m hurdles
World U18 Championships
2017 Nairobi100 m hurdles
European U18 Championships
2016 TbilisiMedley relay

Samba-Mayela holds European under-18 bests in the 60m and 100 metres hurdles (76.2 cm). She won silver medals for the 100m hurdles at the 2017 World under-18 Championships and 2021 European U23 Championships.

Career

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.[3] The 2017 she was the World U18 Championship silver medallist in Nairobi in the 100m hurdles.[4]

2020–present

She was crowned French senior champion in the 60m hurdles indoors in 2020 in Liévin.[5] 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.[6] Shortly prior to this, she had won victories over quality international line-ups in Chorzow and Marseille.[7]

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.[8][9] Unfortunately an injury in the warm up pre-race prevented an Olympic debut.[10]

In 2022, she won the gold medal for the 60m hurdles at the World Indoor Championships held in Belgrade, setting a French national record of 7.78 seconds. Devynne Charlton took silver in 7.81 s while the third-placed Gabbi Cunningham clocked 7.87 s.[2]

Achievements

International competitions
Representing  France
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
2016 European U18 Championships Tbilisi, Georgia 1st Medley relay 2:08.48 PB
2017 World U18 Championships Nairobi, Kenya 2nd 100 m hurdles 12.80
2018 World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 8th 100 m hurdles 14.11
2021 European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 2nd 100 m hurdles 12.80
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 1st 60 m hurdles 7.78 NR

National championships

Personal life

Born in France, Samba-Mayela is of Congolese descent.[11]

References
  1. "Cyréna SAMBA-MAYELA | Profile". worldathletics.org.
  2. Dennehy, Cathal (28 March 2022). "From Olympic heartbreak to world indoor delight for Samba-Mayela". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  3. "ATHLE.FR | Championnats d'Europe cadets : Deux nouvelles médailles d'or pour les Bleuets !". www.athle.fr (in French).
  4. "Mondiaux cadets : Orban en or, Samba-Mayela en argent, Mouillac en bronze". Track and Life (in French). 16 July 2017.
  5. "Cyrena Samba-Mayela, championne de France indoor sur 60m haies : " J'ai essayé de ne pas trop prendre de risques "". L'Équipe (in French).
  6. "100 Metres Hurdles - women - senior - outdoor - 2020". www.worldathletics.org.
  7. "Samba-Mayela and Belocian impress at French Championships, Jaeger breaks world U18 heptathlon best | REPORTS | World Athletics". worldathletics.org.
  8. "Lavin set for Tokyo after Madrid run". BBC Sport. 19 June 2021.
  9. "Cyrena Samba-Mayela (100m haies), Rouguy Diallo et Jean-Marc Pontvianne (triple saut) décrochent les minima olympiques à Madrid". L'Équipe (in French).
  10. "Tokyo 2020 Men's 100m Results - Olympic athletics". Olympics.com.
  11. "Championnats d'Europe en salle : les athlètes ultramarins et afro-français de la sélection française".
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