Célestine N'Drin (born 20 July 1965) is a

Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest city and ...

former

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athlete who specialized in the

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and

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. She represented her country at the

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on three occasions: 1976, 1984 and 1988. She was the first woman to represent Ivory Coast at the Olympics.

Achievements

Personal bests

*400 metres - 52.04 s (1988) - national record.Côte d'Ivoire athletics records
*800 metres - 2:02.99 min (1990) - national record

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* 1963 births Living people Ivorian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ivory Coast Ivorian female middle-distance runners African Games bronze medalists for Ivory Coast Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 All-Africa Games Olympic female sprinters African Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) {{IvoryCoast-athletics-bio-stub