Guy Maganga Gorra

Guy Maganga

Personal information
Full name	Guy Maganga Gorra
Born	(1993-03-18) 18 March 1993 (age 32)
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]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
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

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 10.30 (+1.5 m/s, Lynchburg 2019)
• 200 metres – 20.44 (+1.0 m/s, Eugene 2022) NR
• 400 metres – 46.60 (High Point 2021)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 6.84 (Nantes 2019)
• 200 metres – 21.02 (Lynchburg 2021) NR

References

1. Guy Maganga Gorra at World Athletics
2. "17e championnats du monde d'athlétisme : Maganga Gorra affûte ses armes" (in French). Gabon Review. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
3. "200 metres - men - senior - outdoor". World Athletics. World Athletics. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
4. Ndiaye, Asmah (2020-02-05). "JEUX OLYMPIQUES 2020 : TROIS GABONAIS SÛRS DE PARTICIPER". MEDIAS241 (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-27.