Ben Youssef Meïté

Personal information
Born	(1986-11-11) November 11, 1986 Séguéla
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Country	Ivory Coast
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 metres 200 metres
Medal record Representing the  Ivory Coast Men's athletics African Championships 2010 Nairobi 100 m 2012 Porto Novo 200 m 2016 Durban 100 m 2010 Nairobi 200 m 2016 Durban 4×100 m relay All-Africa Games 2015 Brazzaville 100 m 2015 Brazzaville 4×100 m relay 2011 Maputo 100 m 2011 Maputo 200 m
Updated on 17 September 2015.

Ben Youssef Meïté (November 11, 1986) is a sprinter from Côte d'Ivoire. In 2010 he competed at the 2010 African Championships in Nairobi and won the gold medal with a time of 10.08 seconds. He went on to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where he finished fifth in the 100 meter dash with a personal best and national record of 9.96.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the  Ivory Coast
2003	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	7th	4 × 100 m relay	40.81
2004	African Championships	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	20th (h)	200 m	22.18
2005	Islamic Solidarity Games	Mecca, Saudi Arabia	7th	100 m	10.63
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	40.87
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Niamey, Niger	6th	100 m	10.64
			1st	200 m	20.99
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.79
2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	13th (sf)	100 m	10.52
			10th (sf)	200 m	21.18
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	37th (h)	100 m	10.41
			20th (qf)	200 m	20.78
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Beirut, Lebanon	1st	100 m	10.15 (w)
			1st	200 m	20.37
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	39.91
2010	World Indoor Championships	Split, Croatia	21st	60 m	6.76
	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	1st	100 m	10.08
			2nd	200 m	20.39
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	40.77
	IAAF Continental Cup	Split, Croatia	3rd	200 m	20.51
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	28th (h)	100 m	10.45
			33rd (h)	200 m	20.97
	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	2nd	100 m	10.28
			2nd	200 m	20.76
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	10th (sf)	60 m	6.71
	African Championships	Porto Novo, Benin	1st	200 m	20.62
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	40.10
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	16th (sf)	100 m	10.13
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	18th (sf)	100 m	10.17
	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of Congo	1st	100 m	10.04
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.93
2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	1st	100 m	9.95 (w)
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	38.98
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	6th	100 m	9.96
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	10th (sf)	100 m	10.12
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	10th (sf)	60 m	6.59
	African Championships	Asaba, Nigeria	4th	100 m	10.36
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	38.92

References

External links

• Ben Youssef Meïté at World Athletics