Personal information | |
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Full name | Guy Maganga Gorra |
Born | 18 March 1993 |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m |
Guy Maganga Gorra (born 18 March 1993) is a Gabonese sprinter. [1] He finished fourth in the 200 metres at the 2019 African Games. He was selected for the 2019 World Championships in Doha [2] as well as the 2020 Summer Games.
He holds the national records in the 200 metres, both indoors and outdoors. [3]
He was part of Gabon's team at the 2020 Summer Olympics together with sibling swimmers Adam and Aya Girard de Langlade Mpali. [4]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Gabon | |||||
2017 | Jeux de la Francophonie | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | 13th (h) | 100 m | 10.69 |
9th (h) | 200 m | 21.41 | |||
2019 | African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 25th (h) | 100 m | 10.65 |
4th | 200 m | 20.77 | |||
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 35th (h) | 200 m | 20.74 | |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 57th (h) | 100 m | 10.77 |
2022 | African Championships | Port Louis, Mauritius | 22nd (h) | 100 m | 10.47 |
14th (sf) | 200 m | 21.12 | |||
World Championships | Eugene, United States | 19th (sf) | 200 m | 20.65 | |
2023 | Jeux de la Francophonie | Kinshasa, DR Congo | 3rd | 200 m | 20.64 |
World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 44th (h) | 200 m | 21.04 | |
2024 | African Games | Accra, Ghana | 19th (sf) | 100 m | 10.75 |
11th (sf) | 200 m | 21.10 |
Outdoor
Indoor
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