Ayodelé Ikuesan (born 15 May 1985) is a French sprinter who specialises in the

60 metres 60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At indoor events, the 60 metres is run on lanes set out in the mi ...

and

4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the indiv ...

. Ikuesan won the 4 × 100 m relay gold medal at the

2009 Mediterranean Games The 2009 Mediterranean Games, officially the XVI Mediterranean Games () and commonly known as Pescara 2009, was a multi-sport event held in Pescara, Italy, from 26 June to 5 July 2009. It was governed by the International Committee of Mediterran ...

. She competed in the 60m at the

2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Turin, Italy, from Friday, 6 March to Sunday, 8 March 2009. The championships took place at the Oval Lingotto indoor arena

, the 4 × 100 m relay at the

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

and 2013 World Championships, the 4 × 100 m relay at the

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

and

2012 Olympic Games The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

Personal life

Ikuesan was born in Paris, to Nigerian parents.

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* * * * French female sprinters 1985 births Athletes from Paris French people of Nigerian descent French people of Yoruba descent Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for France European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games FISU World University Games bronze medalists for France Olympic female sprinters 21st-century French sportswomen {{France-sprint-bio-stub