Kéné Ndoye
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Senegal
All-Africa Games
Silver medal – second place2011 MaputoTriple jump

Kéné Ndoye (20 November 1978 – 13 February 2023)[1] was a Senegalese track and field athlete, competing internationally for Senegal. She was 14th in the triple jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.[2]

She won Senegal's first world indoor medal when she took bronze in the triple jump at the 2003 World Indoor Championships.[3] She was also successful in the African Championships in Athletics where she won ten medals in athletics (three Gold, three Silver and four Bronze).[2] She had three All Africa Games Medals (one Gold, two Bronze) and won the Golden Lion as Senegal's top sports person for 2003.[3] She was a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program from November 2002. Kéné Ndoye died February 13, 2023, at the age of 44.[4]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Senegal
1996 African Championships Yaoundé, Cameroon 3rd Long jump 5.85 m
1st Triple jump 12.99 m
World Junior Championships Sydney, Australia 21st (q) Long jump 5.42 m (wind: -0.6 m/s)
25th (q) Triple jump 12.10 m (wind: +0.9 m/s)
1997 African Junior Championships Ibadan, Nigeria 4th Triple jump 12.67 m
1998 African Championships Dakar, Senegal 3rd Triple jump 13.30 m
1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 17th (q) Triple jump 13.90 m
All-Africa Games Johannesburg, South Africa 4th Long jump 6.47 m
3rd Triple jump 13.88 m
2000 African Championships Algiers, Algeria 1st Long jump 6.39 m
3rd Triple jump 13.81 m
Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 14th (q) Triple jump 13.96 m
2002 African Championships Radès, Tunisia 3rd 100 m hurdles 13.72 s (w)
2nd Long jump 6.45 m (w)
2nd Triple jump 14.28 m
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 3rd Triple jump 14.72 m (iNR)
World Championships Paris, France 10th Triple jump 14.29 m
All-Africa Games Abuja, Nigeria 4th Long jump 6.37 m
1st Triple jump 14.23 m
2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 22nd (q) Triple jump 13.77 m
African Championships Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 1st Long jump 6.64 m
2nd Triple jump 14.44 m
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 22nd (q) Long jump 6.45 m
14th Triple jump 14.18 m
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 6th Triple jump 14.47 m
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 13th (q) Triple jump 13.88 m
African Championships Bambous, Mauritius 2nd Long jump 6.30 m
2nd Triple jump 14.08 m (w)
2011 All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 2nd Triple jump 13.69 m

References

  1. ↑ "Athlétisme : décès de l'ancienne athlète Kène Ndoye (médias)". 14 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 Kene NDOYE Biography
  3. 1 2 "Athlétisme: Kène Ndoye, ancienne spécialiste sénégalaise du saut, est morte". RFI (in French). 14 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Senegalese former track and field Olympian Kéné Ndoye dies at the age of 44". www.aipsmedia.com. Retrieved 15 February 2023.


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