Lorène Dorcas Bazolo (born 4 May 1983) is a Congolese-Portuguese

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athlete from

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. She is the Congolese national record holder in the 100 metres, with a time of 11.39 seconds. She was the congolese flag bearer at the

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. She competed at the African Championships in Athletics in 2008, 2010 and 2012 and represented Congo in both the 100 m at the

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at the

2011 All-Africa Games The 10th All-Africa Games took place between September 3–18, 2011 in Maputo, Mozambique. Maputo's hosting marked the third time the Games was held in the southern part of the continent. Host awarding In April 2005, Lusaka, Zambia was named t ...

. She has also represented her nation at the Summer Universiade (2009 and 2011) and the

2009 Jeux de la Francophonie The 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie (''6th Francophone Games''), was an international multi-sport event held from 27 September to 6 October in Beirut, Lebanon. Organization The organization of the Jeux de la Francophonie is entrusted by the local a ...

. During 2013 she arrived in Portugal on

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and soon joined athletics clubs

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, and later,

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. After acquiring Portuguese citizenship during 2016 she has beaten the national 100 m record, which is now set at 11.21 seconds. During the

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, Lorène reached the 200 m semifinals with 23.20 seconds. On August 14, 2021, at the Résisprint La Chaux-de-Fonds Meeting, Switzerland, Bazolo beat her 100 m and the 25 year old 200 m national records which now stand at 11.10 and 22.64 seconds, respectively.

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* 1983 births Living people African Games competitors for the Republic of the Congo Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 European Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Mediterranean Games European Games competitors for Portugal Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Portugal Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Portugal Naturalised citizens of Portugal Olympic athletes for Portugal Olympic athletes for the Republic of the Congo Olympic female sprinters Portuguese female sprinters Portuguese people of Republic of the Congo descent Republic of the Congo female sprinters Republic of the Congo emigrants to Portugal Sportspeople from Brazzaville World Athletics Championships athletes for Portugal {{Portugal-athletics-bio-stub