Franck Brice Koua
Personal information | |
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Full name | Franck Brice Koua |
National team | Italy (1 cap) |
Born | (2001-09-21) 21 September 2001 (age 22) Magenta, Italy |
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Hurdling |
Club | Cus Pro Patria Milano |
Coached by | Fiorella Colombo |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal bests |
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Franck Brice Koua (born 21 September 2001) is an Italian hurdler.[1]
Born and raised in the Milanese hinterland of Magenta (Mi), from parents from the Ivory Coast. After playing football he became passionate about athletics at school, thanks to a high jump lesson that at first became his specialty (personal of 2.04), without disdaining long and triple training with Fiorella Colombo in Bienate di Magnago (Milan), not far from Malpensa airport. Then a parenthesis in France where the family moved from the second half of 2017, to Villefranche-sur-Saône, followed by coach Pierre Berlier. As a student he tried the decathlon, so above all the obstacles with the call in blue for the U20 European Championships in 2019 and the choice to return to Italy alone, to stabilize himself with a relative in Vanzaghello. In 2020 he touched the Italian junior record of 60h indoor, making the MPN on 110hs with senior barriers (13.95). Surprisingly, in 2021 he won his first absolute tricolor indoor title, then conquering the final at the indoor European Championships as a freshman. He studies at the professional sports institute in Busto Arsizio. He is a lover of afro music and loves to dance to those beats.
Career
His sporting explosion in the winter of 2021, when at the age of 19 he became the Italian indoor champion on the 60 m hs,[2] Thus earning his first call-up to the national team for the 2021 European Indoor Championships.[3]
Achievements
- Senior level
Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event | Performance | Notes |
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2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń | 8th | 60 m hs | 7.76 | PB[4] |
National titles
Koua won a national championship.
- Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
- 60 m hs: 2021
- 110 m hs: 2021
References
- ^ "Franck Brice Koua - Athlete profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "CAMPIONATI ITALIANI ASSOLUTI INDOOR - Ancona, 20 e 21 febbraio 2021". fidal.it. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "Euroindoor, gli azzurri per Torun" (in Italian). fidal.it. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ In semifinal
External links
- Franck Brice Koua at World Athletics
- Franck Brice Koua at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
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- 1970: Sergio Liani
- 1971: Sergio Liani
- 1972: Marco Acerbi
- 1973: Giuseppe Buttari
- 1974: Charles Foster (USA)
- 1975: Giuseppe Buttari
- 1976: Willie Davenport (USA)
- 1977: Gianni Ronconi
- 1978: Giuseppe Buttari
- 1979: Sergio Liani
- 1980: Giuseppe Buttari
- 1981: Marco Braccini
- 1982: Daniele Fontecchio
- 1983: Daniele Fontecchio
- 1984: Daniele Fontecchio
- 1985: Daniele Fontecchio
- 1986: Luigi Bertocchi
- 1987: Luigi Bertocchi
- 1988: Gianni Tozzi
- 1989: Gianni Tozzi
- 1990: Marco Todeschini
- 1991: Laurent Ottoz
- 1992: Marco Todeschini
- 1993: Laurent Ottoz
- 1994: Laurent Ottoz
- 1995: Andrea Putignani
- 1996: Mauro Rossi
- 1997: Mauro Rossi
- 1998: Mauro Rossi
- 1999: Emiliano Pizzoli
- 2000: Emiliano Pizzoli
- 2001: Emiliano Pizzoli
- 2002: Luca Giovannelli
- 2003: Emiliano Pizzoli
- 2004: Emiliano Pizzoli
- 2005: Andrea Giaconi
- 2006: Andrea Giaconi
- 2007: Emiliano Pizzoli
- 2008: Emanuele Abate
- 2009: Emanuele Abate
- 2010: John Mark Nalocca
- 2011: Emanuele Abate
- 2012: Paolo Dal Molin
- 2013: Stefano Tedesco
- 2014: Paolo Dal Molin
- 2015: Hassane Fofana
- 2016: Lorenzo Perini
- 2017: Hassane Fofana
- 2018: Hassane Fofana
- 2019: Lorenzo Perini
- 2020: Lorenzo Perini
- 2021: Franck Koua
- 2022: Paolo Dal Molin
- 2023: Lorenzo Simonelli
- 2024: Lorenzo Simonelli