Amy Sène (born 6 April 1986) is a French-born

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ese

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athlete who competes in the

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. She is the African record holder with her personal best of 69.70 metres. Sène is a three-time winner at the

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and was the gold medallist at the

2011 All-Africa Games The 10th All-Africa Games (), also known as Maputo 2010, 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 20 ...

and silver medallist at the 2015 All-Africa Games. She also competed at the

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and the

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. Born in

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to Senegalese parents, she opted to represent Senegal internationally from 2010 onwards. Training with the Stade Rennais Athletisme club, she was the 2005 French junior champion and competed for her country of birth at the

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. She cleared sixty metres for the first time that year, setting a personal best of 62.00 m in June. She improved to 63.44 m in 2009 and won the French universities championship in

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one millionSene Amy
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-09. Following her

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to Senegal at the end of 2009, she went on to break the Senegalese record five times in 2010, culminating in a personal best of 64.11 m to win the

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at the

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. She brought an end to Marwa Hussein's eight-year dominance of the event. She bettered her own record four more times in 2011, with a throw of 68.45 m in

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being her season's best. She gained selection for the

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and threw 66.15 m in the qualifiers in what was Senegal's first hammer throw appearance at the competition. She ended her year with a gold medal at the

. Sène broke the African record at the 2012

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with her clearance of 69.10 m for third place. Following her continental record, she retained her hammer title at the

2012 African Championships in Athletics The 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle in Porto Novo, Benin from 27 June to 1 July 2012. It was the first time that Benin had hosted the event. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Participatin ...

.Watta, Evelyn (2012-06-30)
Montsho and Makwala take 400m titles in Porto-Novo – African champs, Day 3

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. Retrieved on 2012-06-30. After she lost her African double title (African Championships at Marrakech 2014 and All Africa Games 2015), she came back and won the gold medal at

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Durban 2016. She broke the African championships record of Marhwa Hussein with 68.35 m.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sene, Amy Living people 1986 births Sportspeople from Lorient Athletes from Brittany Senegalese hammer throwers French female hammer throwers Senegalese female athletes 21st-century Senegalese sportswomen Olympic athletes for Senegal Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Senegal French sportspeople of Senegalese descent African Games gold medalists for Senegal African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) 21st-century French sportswomen