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| Birth name | Richard Diawara Matingou | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Malian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 April 1995 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 110 metres hurdles | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 60m hurdles: 7.78 (Val-de-Reuil, 2023) 110m hurdles 13.68 (Budapest, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Richard Diawara Matingou (born 21 April 1995) is a track and field athlete who competes in the sprint hurdles for Mali. [1]
He change his allegiance from France in 2022. [2]
In March 2022, he competed at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade in the 60m hurdles. [3]
In July 2022, he competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon in the 110m Hurdles. [4]
He was a bronze medalist in the 110m hurdles at the 2023 Jeux de la Francophonie, in Kinshasa behind the Senegalese Louis François Mendy and Badamassi Saguirou of Niger. [5] In August 2023, he competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in the 110m hurdles where he ran a personal best time of 13.68 seconds. [6]
He was selected the 2024 World Athletics Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, where he qualified for the semi-finals. [7]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Mali | |||||
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 42nd (h) | 60 m hurdles | 7.98 |
| World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 38th (h) | 60 m hurdles | 14.35 | |
| 2023 | Jeux de la Francophonie | Kinshasa, DR Congo | 3rd | 110 m hurdles | 13.69 |
| World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 29th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.68 | |
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 22nd (sf) | 60 m hurdles | 7.89 |
| African Championships | Douala, Cameroon | 12th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 14.19 | |
| 2025 | World Indoor Championships | Nanjing, China | 16th (sf) | 60 m hurdles | 7.79 |
