Sport
Fatou Tiyana
Olympic sprinter
Born 1987Fatou Tiyana represented The Gambia in the women’s 100 metres at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. She ran 12.25 seconds in her opening heat. Her participation forms part of the history of Gambian women competing on the Olympic track before the later breakthroughs of Gina Bass.
THEIR MARK ON HISTORY
01Competed in the women’s 100 metres at Beijing 2008.
02Ran 12.25 seconds in her Olympic heat.
SOURCES & FURTHER READING01Wikipedia biography
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