Zaynab Dosso (born 12 September 1999) is an Italian sprinter. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in

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Biography

Daughter of Ivorian parents who moved to Italy in 2002, Zaynab came to

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in 2009 when she was ten, she acquired Italian

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in 2016.

Achievements

National titles

She has won four national titles at individual senior level. *

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 ...

**100 metres: 2019, 2020, 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 ...

**60 metres: 2022

Personal bests

Outdoor *

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– 11.19 (+1.0 m/s, Savona 2022) Indoor *

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– 7.14 (Belgrade 2022)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dosso, Zaynab 1999 births Living people Italian female sprinters Athletics competitors of Fiamme Azzurre Ivorian emigrants to Italy Naturalised citizens of Italy Italian Athletics Championships winners People from Man, Ivory Coast European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games European Games competitors for Italy