Dorian Keletela (born 6 February 1999) is a Congolese-born refugee sprinter.

Life

Born in the

Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...

in 1999, Keletela came to

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

in 2016 fleeing the conflict in Congo. Aged 17 he spent over a year in refugee centres, and set about learning a new language and adapting to a new way of life. He has been training with

Sporting Clube de Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional fo ...

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

. He ran a 6.79s second 60m in February 2020, and a 10.46s 100m in August 2020. Whilst competing as one of 29 athletes across 12 disciplines representing the IOC refugee Olympic team at the

2020 Tokyo 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 ...

, Keletela ran a personal best 10.33 seconds for the 100 metres to win his preliminary heat.

Competitions

References

1999 births Living people Republic of the Congo male sprinters Republic of the Congo emigrants to Portugal Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Refugee Olympic Team at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{RCongo-athletics-bio-stub