Benjamin Youla

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Benjamin Youla
Personal information
Born (1975-11-12) 12 November 1975 (age 49) [1]
Education Huston–Tillotson University
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event
400 metres

Benjamin Youla (born 12 November 1975) is a retired sprinter from Republic of the Congo who specialised in the 400 metres. [2] He represented his country at the 2000 Summer Olympics as well as two World Championships.

His personal bests in the event are 45.74 seconds outdoors (Fairfax 2001) and 49.15 seconds indoors (Houston 2004). [3] Both are standing national record.[ citation needed ]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing the Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 26th (qf)400 m 46.29
1999 All-Africa Games Johannesburg, South Africa 25th (h)400 m 50.33
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 61st (h)400 m 47.54
2001 Jeux de la Francophonie Ottawa, Canada 5th400 m 46.44
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 23rd (h)400 m 45.92

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