Marlyse Hourtou

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Marlyse Hourtou
Personal information
NationalityChadian
Born (1996-07-29) 29 July 1996 (age 29) [1]
Sport
Sport Archery
Medal record
Women's recurve archery
Representing Flag of Chad.svg  Chad
African Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Rabat Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2019 RabatMixed team

Marlyse Hourtou (born 29 July 1996) is a Chadian archer. She competed in the women's individual event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, becoming the first athlete from Chad to contest the Olympic Games in the sport. [2] Hourtou was eliminated in the opening round by South Korea's An San and competed despite her single bow breaking during the course of the Games. [3]

Hourtou also competed in the recurve events at the 2019 African Games in Rabat. Entering the Games with a world ranking of 339, she won two bronze medals in the women's team and mixed team events. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "COMPLETE RESULTS BOOKLET" (PDF). 2019 African Games. 27 August 2019. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. ↑ Park, Ju-min (29 July 2021). Ken Ferris (ed.). "Archery-First archer from Chad feels 'no stress' despite loss". Reuters. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  3. ↑ Kalfa, David (29 July 2021). "Tokyo 2021: l'archère tchadienne Marlyse Hourtou est sortie de l'ombre" [Tokyo 2021: Chadian archer Marlyse Hourtou comes out of the shadows] (in French). Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 24 July 2022.


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