Bienvenu Wendla Sawadogo (born 31 December 1995) is a Burkinabé sprinter specialising in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

. He won a silver medal at the

2017 Jeux de la Francophonie The 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as ''VIIIèmes Jeux de la Francophonie'' ( French for ''8th Francophone Games''), informally known as Abidjan 2017, took place in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, from July 21–30. This was the first edition of ...

. His personal best of 46.66 is the current national record.

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor *

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 ...

– 21.57 (+0.8 m/s) (Brazzaville 2015) NR *

– 46.66 (Bonneuil-sur-Marne 2019) NR *

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

– 49.25 (Prince Moulay Abdellah, Rabat (MAR) 29 AUG 2019 NR)

References

1995 births Living people Burkinabé male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games African Games medalists for Burkina Faso African Games silver medalists for Burkina Faso African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) 21st-century Burkinabé people {{BurkinaFaso-athletics-bio-stub