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Hassane Fofana (born 28 April 1992) is an Italian athlete specialising in the
high hurdles Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...
. He is of Ivorian descent. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in
110 m hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurd ...
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Biography

His personal bests are 13.44 seconds in the
110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hur ...
(+1.5 m/s, Turku 2019, and also +1.1, Geneva 2021) and 7.66 seconds in the
60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds ( Susanna K ...
(Ancona 2018). he won six times the national championships.


Achievements


National titles

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Italian Athletics Championships The Italian Athletics Championships ( it, Campionati italiani assoluti di atletica leggera) are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera. The first edition, four races only, wa ...
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110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hur ...
: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022 *
Italian Athletics Indoor Championships The Italian Athletics Indoor Championships ( it, Italian Athletics Indoor Championships) are the national championships in Athletics (sport), athletics of the indoor events, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera from ...
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110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hur ...
: 2015, 2017, 2018


See also

* Italian all-time lists - 110 metres hurdles


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fofana, Hassane 1992 births Living people Italian male hurdlers Sportspeople from the Province of Brescia Italian people of Ivorian descent Italian sportspeople of African descent Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in athletics European Games gold medalists for Italy Athletics competitors of Fiamme Oro Italian Athletics Championships winners Mediterranean Games competitors for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Italy 21st-century Italian people