Floria Gueï

Floria Gueï during the 2013 French Championships

Personal information

Born

May 2, 1990
Nantes, France

Height

1.66 m (5 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in)

Weight

52 kg (115 lb)

Sport

Country

France

Sport

Athletics

Event(s)

4 × 400m Relay

Medal record

Women's athletics
Representing France
Women's athletics
World Championships
	2013 Moscow	4×400 m relay
European Championships
	2014 Zürich	4x400 m relay
	2012 Helsinki	4x400 m relay
	2016 Amsterdam	400 m
	2016 Amsterdam	4x400 m relay
European Indoor Championships
	2015 Prague	4x400 m relay
	2017 Belgrade	400 m
	2011 Paris	4x400 m relay

Floria Guei (born 2 May 1990) is a French sprint athlete of Ivorian origin. She is best known for her remarkable last leg in the 2014 European Championships 4 × 400 m relay, when she went from fourth to first in the last 50 metres of the race.^[1]

Career

On 4 Mar 2017, Floria Gueï wins the 400 m gold medal at the 2017 European Indoor Championships^[2]

On 24 July 2017, Gueï announced her withdrawal from the 2017 World Championships due to medical issues.^[3]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing France
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	27th (h)	400 m	55.74
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:35.83
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	5th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.44
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.16
	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	12th (h)	400 m	54.09
	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.73
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	14th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.02
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.49
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.92
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	12th (sf)	400 m	51.42
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:24.21
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Nice, France	1st	400 m	52.31
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Nice, France	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:35.20
2014	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.84
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	11th (sf)	400 m	52.82
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:24.28
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	6th (sf)	400 m	53.00
	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.61
	World Championships	Beijing, China	15th (sf)	400 m	51.30
	World Championships	Beijing, China	7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.45
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	2nd	400 m	51.21
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.96
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	11th (sf)	400 m	51.08
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	10th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.18
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	1st	400 m	51.90
	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.61
	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	8th	4 × 400 m relay	3:35.03

References

↑ "4x400m European Championships 2014 Floria Guei Spectacular Finish!".
↑ "Floria Gueï médaillée d'or européenne sur 400 m à Belgrade".
↑ [Floria Gueï forfait pour les Championnats du monde de Londres "Floria Gueï forfait pour les championnats du monde de Londres"] Check |url= value (help).

External links

Floria Gueï profile at IAAF

European Athletics Indoor Champions in women's 400 metres

1966: Helga Henning (FRG)
1967: Karin Wallgren (SWE)
1968: Natalya Pechonkina (URS)
1969: Colette Besson (FRA)
1970: Marilyn Neufville (GBR)
1971: Vera Popkova (URS)
1972: Christel Frese (FRG)
1973: Verona Elder (GBR)
1974: Jelica Pavličić (YUG)
1975: Verona Elder (GBR)
1976: Rita Wilden (FRG)
1977: Marita Koch (GDR)
1978: Marina Sidorova (URS)
1979: Verona Elder (GBR)
1980: Elke Decker (FRG)
1981–1983: Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)
1984: Taťána Kocembová (TCH)
1985–1986: Sabine Busch (GDR)
1987: Mariya Pinigina (URS)
1988: Petra Müller (GDR)
1989: Sally Gunnell (GBR)
1990: Marina Shmonina (URS)
1992: Sandra Myers (ESP)
1994: Svetlana Goncharenko (RUS)
1996–1998: Grit Breuer (GER)
2000: Svetlana Pospelova (RUS)
2002: Natalya Antyukh (RUS)
2005: Svetlana Pospelova (RUS)
2007: Nicola Sanders (GBR)
2009: Antonina Krivoshapka (RUS)
2011: Denisa Rosolová (CZE)
2013: Perri Shakes-Drayton (GBR)
2015: Nataliya Pyhyda (UKR)
2017: Floria Gueï (FRA)

European Athletics Championships champions in women's 4 × 400 metres relay

1969: Great Britain (Stirling, Lowe, Simpson, Board)
1971: East Germany (Kühne, Lohse, Seidler, Zehrt)
1974: East Germany (Rohde, Dietsch, Handt, Streidt)
1978: East Germany (Marquardt, Krug, Brehmer, Koch)
1982: East Germany (Siemon, Busch, Rübsam, Koch)
1986: East Germany
1990: East Germany (Derr, Hesselbarth, Müller, Breuer)
1994: France (Landre, Elien, Dorsile, Pérec)
1998: Germany (Feller, Rohländer, Rieger, Breuer)
2002: Germany (Ekpo-Umoh, Rockmeier, Marx, Breuer)
2006: Russia (Pospelova, Ivanova, Zaytseva, Veshkurova)
2010: Russia (Firova, Kapachinskaya, Krivoshapka, Ustalova)
2012: Ukraine (Olishevska, Zemlyak, Pyhyda, Lohvynenko)
2014: France (Gayot, Hurtis, Raharolahy, Gueï)
2016: Great Britain (Diamond, Onuora, Doyle, Bundy-Davies)

European Athletics Indoor Champions champions in women's 4 × 400 metres relay

2000: Russia (Zykina,, Rosikhina, Sotnikova, Pospelova)
2002: Belarus (Usovich, Kozak, Khliustava, Stankevich)
2005: Russia (Levina, Pechonkina, Rosikhina, Pospelova)
2007: Belarus (Yushchanka, Khliustava, Vusovich, Usovich)
2009: Russia (Antyukh, Safonova, Krivoshapka, Voynova)
2011: Russia (Zadorina, Vdovina, Migunova, Forsheva)
2013: Great Britain (Child, Cox, Ohuruogu, Shakes-Drayton)
2015: France (Gueï, Diarra, Raharolahy, Gayot)
2017: Poland (Święty, Baumgart, Hołub, Wyciszkiewicz)

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