Zaynab Dosso
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| National team | Italy (13 caps)[1] |
| Born | 12 September 1999 |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Sprinting |
| Club | Fiamme Azzurre[1] |
| Coached by | Loredana Riccardi |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests |
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Zaynab Dosso (born 12 September 1999) is an Italian sprinter. She is the reigning World Indoor Championships over 60 metres, having won the gold medal at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships. She previously won the silver medal at the championships in 2025 and the bronze medal in 2024, as well as the gold medal at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 4 × 100 m relay.[2]
Biography
Zaynab is the daughter of Ivorian parents who moved to Italy in 2002; she came to Italy herself in 2009 when she was ten years old. Dosso acquired Italian citizenship in 2016.[1]
A specialist over 60 metres, Dosso won the bronze medal in Glasgow at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships, and the silver medal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Nanjing. In 2026, she ran 7.00 seconds in both the semi-final and final to win the gold medal over 60 metres at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships ahead of American Jacious Sears and 2024 Olympic gold medalist Julien Alfred. The win came on the same evening as Nadia Battocletti won the 3000 metres, with the gold medals marking Italy's first at the Championships since Fiona May claimed the long jump victory in 1997.[3][4][5] The 2026 Championships took place in Toruń, Poland, in March 2026. In the previous month, Dosso became only the fifth European woman to run below seven seconds, setting a 6.99 seconds personal best and national record at the Copernicus Cup in Toruń. Her previous personal best was 7.01 seconds which she had run to win the gold medal at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.[6][7]
Over 100 metres, Dosso is a multiple-time Italian national champion and won the bronze medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, setting the Italian national record of 11.01 seconds that year.[8]
National records
- 100 metres: 11.01 ( Rome, 9 June 2024) – current holder[9]
- 60 metres (i): 6.99 ( Toruń, 22 February 2026) – current holder
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Performance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | European Team Championships | Bydgoszcz | 5th | 100 m | 11.70 | [note 1] |
| 6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.20 | SB | |||
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade | 12th | 60 m | 7.16 | [note 2] |
| World Championships | Eugene | 21st | 100 m | 11.28 | [note 3] | |
| 8th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.92 | [note 4] | |||
| European Championships | Munich | 7th | 100 m | 11.37 | [note 5] | |
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.84 | ||||
| 2023 | European Team Championships | Chorzów | 12th | 100 m | 11.45 | SB |
| 2023 World Athletics Championships | Budapest | 18th | 100 m | 11.19 | [note 6] | |
| 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.49 | [note 7] | |||
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow | 3rd | 60 m | 7.05 | |
| World Relays | Nassau | 11th | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.08 | ||
| European Championships | Rome | 3rd | 100 m | 11.03 | [note 8] | |
| 2025 | European Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn | 1st | 60 m | 7.01 | NR |
| World Indoor Championships | Nanjing | 2nd | 60 m | 7.06 | ||
| 2026 | World Indoor Championships | Toruń | 1st | 60 m | 7.00 |
National titles
She has won five national titles at individual senior level.
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 100 metres – 11.01 (+2.0 m/s, 9 June 2024, Rome) NR
Indoor
See also
Notes
- ^ She ran a better crono 11.49 in the heats
- ^ She ran a better crono 7.14 SB in semi-finals
- ^ She ran a better crono 11.26 in semi-finals
- ^ They ran a better crono 42.71 SB in semi-finals
- ^ She ran a better crono 11.28 in semi-finals
- ^ She ran a better crono 11.14 SB in the heats
- ^ They set a 42.14 NR in the heats
- ^ She ran a better crono and set a NR of 11.01 in the heats.[9]
References
- ^ a b c "Zaynab Dosso Biography". fidal.it (in Italian). Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Athletics DOSSO Zaynab". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 14 October 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ Broadbent, Chris (21 March 2026). "Magnifico! Dosso wins world indoor 60m title for Italy". European Athletics. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ^ "Dosso completes world indoor medal set with 60m gold in Kujawy Pomorze". World Athletics. 21 March 2026. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ^ "GOLDEN MOMENT FOR ZAYNAB DOSSO IN WORLD 60M FINAL". Athletics Weekly. 21 March 2026. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ^ "Dosso and Charlton Set World Leads at Copernicus Cup in Toruń". Watch Athletics. 22 February 2026. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ^ Broadbent, Chris (22 February 2026). "6.99! Dosso becomes only fifth European woman under seven seconds". European Athletics. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ^ "Dosso runs 60 meters in Belgrade. It's the first race after the Olympics". quotidiano.net. 29 January 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ^ a b "Europei atletica, Zaynab Dosso in finale nei 100m donne: nuovo record italiano, 11.01". ilmessaggero.it (in Italian). 9 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Jacobs e Dosso, tricolore nel vento". fidal.it (in Italian). 29 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
External links
- Zaynab Dosso at World Athletics
- Zaynab Dosso at European Athletics
- Zaynab Dosso at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Zaynab Dosso at Olympics.com
- Zaynab Dosso at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Zaynab Dosso at Olympedia
- Zaynab Dosso at InterSportStats
- Zaynab Dosso at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Zaynab Dosso – CONI – Paris 2024 (in Italian)