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Worokia Sanou
Worokia Sanou (born 31 December 1989) is a Burkina Faso, Burkinabé triple jumper. As a junior she won two bronze medals at the 2005 African Junior Athletics Championships, 2005 (in relay) and 2007 African Junior Athletics Championships, 2007 African Junior Championships. She finished fifth at the Athletics at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie – Results, 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie, Jeux2009. Retrieved 2018-04-15. fifth at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump, 2010 African Championships, fourth at the Athletics at the 2011 All-Africa Games – Women's triple jump, 2011 All-Africa Games, and thirteenth (in the long jump) at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and the Ivory Coast to the southwest. It has a population of 20,321,378. Previously called Republic of Upper Volta (1958–1984), it was renamed Burkina Faso by President Thomas Sankara. Its citizens are known as ''Burkinabè'' ( ), and its capital and largest city is Ouagadougou. The largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso is the Mossi people, who settled the area in the 11th and 13th centuries. They established powerful kingdoms such as the Ouagadougou, Tenkodogo, and Yatenga. In 1896, it was colonized by the French as part of French West Africa; in 1958, Upper Volta became a self-governing colony within the French Community. In 1960, it gained full independence with Maurice Yaméogo as president. Throughout the decades post in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |