Ladji Doucouré

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Medal record
Men’s athletics
Competitor for France
World Championships
Gold	2005 Helsinki	110 m hurdles
Gold	2005 Helsinki	4x100 m relay

Ladji Doucouré (born March 28, 1983 in Juvisy-sur-Orge) is a French athlete of Malian and Senegalese descent. He was a football player and decathlete before specializing in hurdling.

He competed in the Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 110 metres Hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and finished 8th in the final with a result of 13.76 (he fell just before the finish line). Doucouré won the gold medal at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, beating Liu Xiang and veteran Allen Johnson. He (together with Ronald Pognon, Eddy De Lépine and Lueyi Dovy) won another gold medal (in the 4×100 m relay).

As of August 2005, he has lowered his personal best to 12.97, which is also the national record. He currently ranks second on the IAAF World Rankings.

In Men's 110m Hurdles at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, Doucoure clocked 13.07 seconds to finish just 1 hundredth of a second ahead of China's Liu Xiang, with defending champion Allen Johnson of the USA taking the bronze.