Taky Marie-Divine Kouamé (born 30 July 2002) is a French
track cyclist
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
History
Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...
. She competed at the
2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships started on 12 October and finished on 16 October 2022, at the Vélodrome National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.
Schedule
22 events were held.
''All times are local (UTC+2).''
Medal ...
, winning the
gold medal
A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture.
Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have b ...
in the
women's 500m time trial event with an average speed of 54.820 km/h.
In July 2022, at the European U23 Championships, she won three medals, including the title in the 500-meter time trial, where she beat the French record in 33.860 (compared to 33.872 set by Sandie Clair in 2008). In October, she won the elite 500-meter race at the World Championships ahead of Germany's Emma Hinze, improving her French record to 32.835.
References
External links
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2002 births
Living people
French female cyclists
French track cyclists
UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women)
Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for France
21st-century French sportswomen
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