Floria Gueï
Floria Gueï ([ɡeˈi]; born 2 May 1990) is a French sprint athlete of Ivorian origin. She is best known for her remarkable last leg in the 2014 European Championships 4 × 400 m relay, when she went from fourth to first in the last 50 metres of the race.[1]
 Gueï at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam | |
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| Born | May 2, 1990 Nantes, France |
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) |
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| Country |  France |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | 4 × 400m Relay |
Medal record
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Career
In August 2014 at the European Athletics Championships in Zurich Gueï ran one of the most remarkable final legs of a 4 x 400m relay ever seen. She took the baton in fourth place approximately a second behind the three leading runners from the UK, Russia and Ukraine, each of whom had run faster than Gueï in the individual 400m event at the Championships. With 200m remaining she still appeared out of medal contention but finished with a sprint in which she passed all the other athletes in the last 50m to win the race for France at the last stride by 0.05 seconds. Her time for the leg was 49.71, almost two seconds faster than her lifetime best of 51.42, prompting the exclamation from an ecstatic French TV commentator "mais ce n'est pas possible!".[2]
On 4 Mar 2017, Floria Gueï won the 400 m gold medal at the 2017 European Indoor Championships[3]
On 24 July 2017, Gueï announced her withdrawal from the 2017 World Championships due to medical issues.[4]
In 2018, she finished second at the 2018 Athletics World Cup in the 400 metres and returned later that evening to anchor the 4x400 metres relay with another remarkable run, pulling France from a distant fifth to take the bronze medal.
Competition record
References
External links
- Floria Guei at World Athletics
- Floria Guei at the International Olympic Committee
- Floria Guei at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
