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Amadou Gakou

Amadou Gakou

Senegalese sprinter

Amadou Gakou (born 25 March 1940) is a retired Senegalese sprinter. He competed in the 400 m event at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics with the best achievement of fourth place in 1968, setting a national record at 45.01 seconds. He won a silver medal at the 1965 All-Africa Games.[1]

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His sister is the grandmother of 400 metres runner Fatou Bintou Fall.[1]

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    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Amadou Gakou". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.


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