Aminatou Seyni (born 24 October 1996) is a Nigerien

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

sprinter. She has the Nigerien national records for the

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

and 400 metres. Seyni competed in the women's 100 metres and

at the 2019 African Games. She reached the semifinals in the women's 100 metres. She finished in 4th place in the women's 200 metres final. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the

2019 World Athletics Championships The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athletics. It was held betw ...

. She could not compete in the women's 400 metres due to the IAAF's regulations on testosterone levels for athletes with XY

disorders of sex development Disorders of sex development (DSDs), also known as differences in sex development, diverse sex development and variations in sex characteristics (VSC), are congenital conditions affecting the reproductive system, in which development of chromo ...

in women's competition. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

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* Living people 1996 births Nigerien female sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Niger Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games Place of birth missing (living people) African Games competitors for Niger Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic female sprinters Olympic athletes of Niger Intersex sportspeople Intersex women African Championships in Athletics winners {{Niger-athletics-bio-stub