Feta Ahamada (born 24 June 1987) is a

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 events ...

sprint athlete who competes internationally for

Comoros The Comoros,, ' officially the Union of the Comoros,; ar, الاتحاد القمري ' is an independent country made up of three islands in southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. It ...

. She has competed at both the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

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, China, and at the 2012 Games in

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, United Kingdom.

Athletics

She holds a personal best over the

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

of 11.59 seconds. Competing at the 2011

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, held in

Daegu Daegu (, , literally 'large hill', 대구광역시), formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

, Ahamada represented her nation on 27 August in the preliminary round. She came second in the second heat, with a time of 12.27 seconds, behind Cameroon's

Delphine Atangana Delphine Bertille Atangana (born 16 August 1984 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won the bronze medal in the 100 metres and finished seventh in the 200 metres. She also c ...

. In the sixth heat of the quarterfinals on 28 August, she finished in a time of 12.22 seconds, in seventh place. This was 1.1 seconds slower than the heat's winner,

Myriam Soumaré Myriam Soumaré (born 29 October 1986) is a retired French track and field sprinter., beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 30, 2008 She announced her retirement from athletics in February 2016. Athletics career 2008–2009 Soumaré made her Olympic debu ...

of France.

Olympics

Ahamada represented

Comoros at the 2008 Summer Olympics Comoros took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China from 8 to 24 August 2008. It was Comoros's fourth appearance in the summer Olympics since its debut in 1996. The Comoros team included three athletes: runners Mhadjou Youssouf ...

, China. She competed at the

and placed sixth in her heat without advancing to the second round. She ran the distance in a time of 11.88 seconds, some 0.55 seconds behind the winner, Ivet Lalova of

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. However, she was ahead of Gambia's

Fatou Tiyana Fatou Tiyana (born February 24, 1987) is a track and field sprint athlete who competed internationally for the Gambian Olympic team.

(12.25 seconds) and

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from

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

(12.52 seconds). She appeared in a photographic exhibition of Arabic women in sport in

, United Kingdom, shortly prior to the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in the same city. She said when discussing her exhibit, "If covering your body or your hair makes you feel comfortable, it's not a handicap, it's only sport. Everyone should do want they want." At the London Games, she won her heat of the women's 100 metres in a time of 11.81 seconds on 3 August. In the quarterfinals, on the same day, Ahamada was eliminated after posting a time of 11.86 seconds and finishing in seventh position.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahamada, Feta 1987 births Living people French sportspeople of Comorian descent Comorian female sprinters French female sprinters Olympic athletes of the Comoros Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for the Comoros Sportspeople from Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine Olympic female sprinters