Delmas Obou

Delmas Obou

Personal information
Full name	Josè Delmas Obou
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1991-10-25) 25 October 1991 (age 33) Treichville, Ivory Coast
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Club	G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	100 m: 10.27 (2013) 60 m: 6.66 (2015)
Medal record European U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 4×100 m relay European Team Championships Braunschweig 2014 4×100 m relay Cheboksary 2015 4×100 m relay

Delmas Obou (born 25 October 1991) is an Italian male sprinter, which participated at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. ^[1]

Biography

His parents are from Ivory Coast and moved to Italy in 1993, he reached them in 1999 at the age of eight, so he soon became Italian citizen.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Notes
2013	World Championships	Moscow	10th Semi	4 × 100 m relay	38.49	SB
2014	European Championships	Zürich	17th Semi	100 m	10.41	SB [2]
			Final	4 × 100 m relay	DNF	SB [3]
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague	15th Semi	60 m	6.68

National titles

He won 3 national championships at individual senior level. ^{[4] [5]}

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 100 metres: 2013, 2014
• Italian Indoor Athletics Championships
  • 60 metres: 2015

Bobsleigh

In the winter Olympics 2022, he joined the Italian 4-person bobsleigh team with Mattia Variola  [ it ]. ^[6]

References

1. "ATHLETES 14TH IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - COUNTRY ITALY". iaaf.org. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
2. Set in heat when he ran with a better time, 10.32
3. Set in heat when the team ran with a better time, 38.71
4. "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO DAL 1906 AL 2011 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
5. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
6. Seoane, Patricia; Hidalgo, Manuel. "The XXIV Olympic Winter Games Official Results Book Bobsleigh" (PDF). olympics.com. QU Fengyun and YANG Liuqihui. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

External links

• Delmas Obou at World Athletics
• Delmas Obou at Diamond League
• Delmas Obou at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Delmas Obou at IBSF
• Delmas Obou at Olympedia