Ivory Coast at the 2019 African Games


Ivory Coast competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total athletes representing Ivory Coast won five gold medals, five silver medals and eight bronze medals and the country finished in 12th place in the medal table.

Medal summary

Medal table

MedalNameSportEventDate
TaekwondoMen's –80 kg
TaekwondoMen's –87 kg
TaekwondoWomen's –49 kg
AthleticsWomen's 100 metres
Esmei Anne Marcelle DiomboArcheryWomen's individual
TaekwondoMen's –58 kg
TaekwondoWomen's –67 kg
AthleticsMen's 100 metres
WrestlingWomen's freestyle 76 kg
Esmei Anne Marcelle Diombo
Fatou Gbane
Ekpobi Anne-marie Eleonord Yedagne		ArcheryWomen's team
TaekwondoMen's –63 kg
TaekwondoWomen's +73 kg
TaekwondoMen's –68 kg
TaekwondoWomen's –57 kg
TaekwondoWomen's –62 kg
WrestlingWomen's freestyle 50 kg
Men's teamFencingMen's Team Foil
AthleticsWomen's 200 metres

Archery

Six athletes represented Ivory Coast in archery.
Esmei Anne Marcelle Diombo won the gold medal in the women's individual recurve event.
Diombo, Fatou Gbane and Ekpobi Anne-marie Eleonord Yedagne also won the silver medal in the women's team event.

Athletics

Ivory Coast competed in several events in athletics.
Marie-Josée Ta Lou won the gold medal in the women's 100 metres event and Arthur Cissé won the silver medal in the men's 100 metres event.
Marie-Josée Ta Lou also won the bronze medal in the women's 200 metres event.

Canoeing

and Noutai Jean Vignon competed in canoeing. Amian competed in the men's K-1 200 metres and men's K-1 1000 metres events and Vignon competed in the men's C-1 200 metres and men's C-1 1000 metres events.

Chess

, Franklin Kouya Tyeoulou Bernadin, Madeleine Lorng Yowel and Marie Yavo Tchetche represented Ivory Coast in chess.

Fencing

Ivory Coast competed in fencing.
Fencers representing Ivory Coast won a bronze medal in the men's team foil event.

Judo

Seven athletes represented Ivory Coast in judo: Daouda Junior Dabone, Maïmouna Kenza Diarrassouba, Salimata Fofana, Bamadou Ouattara, Abdalah Sorogo and Nandjo Yoann Wilfried Yapi.

Rowing

, Riccardo Monti Bouehi and Kouadio Franck N'Dri were scheduled to compete; only Riccardo Monti Bouehi and Kouadio Franck N'Dri competed in their events.

Taekwondo

and Ruth Gbagbi were scheduled to compete in taekwondo at the 2019 African Games. Cheick Sallah Cissé previously won gold at the 2015 African Games.
In total athletes representing Ivory Coast in Taekwondo won three gold medals, two silver medals and five bronze medals.

Tennis

, Eliakim Wilfried Coulibaly, Kouadio Guillaume Koffi, Gueninle Abdoul Karim Ouattara and Marie Perla Biansumbra competed in tennis.
Bationo, Coulibaly, Koffi and Ouattara competed in the men's singles event.
Bationo and Koffi also competed in the men's doubles event.
Perla Biansumbra competed in the women's singles event.

Wrestling

Eight athletes competed in wrestling: Abasse Abdoulaye Aladji, Nagoma Celine Bakayoko, Guy Alain Lago, Ulrich Elyse Manouan, Christ Emmanuel N'dri, Adama Tangara, N'de Caroline Yapi and Amy Youin.