Carima Louami

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Carima Louami at the first series of the women's 200-metre race during the French Athletics Championships 2013 at Stade Charlety in Paris, 14 July 2013. Carima Louami Women 200 m French Athletics Championships 2013 t153456 (cropped).jpg
Carima Louami at the first series of the women's 200-metre race during the French Athletics Championships 2013 at Stade Charléty in Paris, 14 July 2013.

Carima Louami (born 12 May 1979 in Tourcoing) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for France. [1]

Louami represented France at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. [2] She competed at the 4 × 100 metres relay together with Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, Myriam Soumaré and Lina Jacques-Sébastien. In their first round heat they did not finish and were eliminated due to a mistake with the baton exchange. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Athlete biography: Carima Louami". Beijing2008.cn . Archived from the original on 3 September 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carima Louami". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.