Didier Kiki

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Didier Kiki
Personal information
Birth nameDidier Kiki
Nationality Benin
Born (1995-11-30) 30 November 1995 (age 28)
Porto-Novo, Benin
Sport
Sport Track and Field
Event(s) 100 m, 200 m

Didier Kiki (born 30 November 1995 in Porto-Novo) is a Beninese Olympic sprinter. [1]

He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 200 metres race; his time of 22.27 seconds in the heats did not qualify him for the semifinals. [2] [3]

He competed in the preliminary heats in the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres in Tokyo, running a personal best of 10.69 seconds. [4]

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References

  1. "Athletics - KIKI Didier". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. "Didier Kiki". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  3. "Men's 200m - Standings". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  4. "Athletics - Preliminary Round - Heat 2 Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.