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Franck Brice Koua
Italian hurdler

Franck Brice Koua

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Italian hurdler
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Place of birth
Magenta, province of Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Age
23 years
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Biography

Franck Brice Koua (born 21 September 2001) is an Italian hurdler.

Born and raised in the Milanese hinterland of Magenta (Mi), from parents from the Ivory Coast.After playing football he became passionate about athletics at school, thanks to a high jump lesson that at first became his specialty (personal of 2.04), without disdaining long and triple training with Fiorella Colombo in Bienate di Magnago (Milan), not far from Malpensa airport.Then a parenthesis in France where the family moved from the second half of 2017, to Villefranche-sur-Saône, followed by coach Pierre Berlier.As a student he tried the decathlon, so above all the obstacles with the call in blue for the U20 European Championships in 2019 and the choice to return to Italy alone, to stabilize himself with a relative in Vanzaghello.In 2020 he touched the Italian junior record of 60h indoor, making the MPN on 110hs with senior barriers (13.95).Surprisingly, in 2021 he won his first absolute tricolor indoor title, then conquering the final at the indoor European Championships as a freshman.He studies at the professional sports institute in Busto Arsizio.He is a lover of afro music and loves to dance to those beats.

Career

His sporting explosion in the winter of 2021, when at the age of 19 he became the Italian indoor champion on the 60 m hs, Thus earning his first call-up to the national team for the 2021 European Indoor Championships.

Achievements

Senior level
YearCompetitionVenueRankEventPerformanceNotes
2021European Indoor Championships Toruń8th60 m hs7.76PB

National titles

Koua won a national championship.

  • Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
    • 60 m hs: 2021
    • 110 m hs: 2021
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