Cécile Cinélu-Aholu (born 4 June 1970 in

L'Haÿ-les-Roses L'Haÿ-les-Roses () is a Communes of France, commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. L'Haÿ-les-Roses is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Val-de-Marne ''Département ...

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) is a retired French athlete who specialised in the

100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first hurdle is ...

. She competed at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

and

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. Her personal bests are 12.88 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (-0.3 m/s, Stuttgart 1993) and 8.02 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Liévin 1993).

Competition record

National

* French National Athletic Championships : ** winner of 100m hurdles in

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

The 100 m hurdles (female) was won by the Malagassian

Nicole Ramalalanirina Nicole Ramalalanirina (born 5 March 1972 in Antananarivo, Madagascar) is a French athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. She changed nationality from her native Madagascar in 1998. Her personal best time in the 100 metres hurdles is ...

in 12 s 94. Cécile Cinélu, second in race, is designated champion of France

References

* Docathlé2003, Fédération française d'athlétisme, 2003, p. 395

External links

* * 1970 births Living people People from L'Haÿ-les-Roses French female hurdlers Olympic athletes for France Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for France Athletes from Val-de-Marne Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1993 Mediterranean Games 20th-century French sportswomen {{France-hurdles-bio-stub