Fatou Ndaga Dieng (born 14 September 1983) is a former Mauritanian sprint athlete, and is now a member of the Mauritania National Olympic and Sports Committee. In 2000 Dieng became the first female to compete for her country at the Summer Olympics when she went to the

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held in Sydney. She entered the

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and ran a in a time of 13.69 seconds, she finished 9th in her heat, Heat 7 which was ran on 22 September 2000, so didn't qualify for the next round. She set a Mauritanian national record for the 100m at 13.29 seconds which she ran at the

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in Ottawa,

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on 20 July 2001. She ran faster the next day, achieving a time of 11.87 seconds which still stands as the Mauritanian national record. She was entered into the senior 100m women's sprint event at the 2011 All-Africa Games in

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but no result was recorded.

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1983 births Living people Mauritanian female sprinters Olympic athletes for Mauritania Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic female sprinters {{Mauritania-athletics-bio-stub