Aminatou Seyni

Aminatou Seyni
Personal information
NationalityNigerien
Born (1996-10-24) 24 October 1996 (age 28)
Sport
CountryNiger
SportAthletics
EventSprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Niger
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Saint Pierre 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2022 Saint Pierre 100 m

Aminatou Seyni (born 24 October 1996) is a Nigerien track and field sprinter.[1]

She has the Nigerien national records for the 200 metres and 400 metres.

Seyni competed in the women's 100 metres and 200 metres at the 2019 African Games. She reached the semifinals in the women's 100 metres. She finished in 4th place in the women's 200 metres final.

She competed in the women's 200 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. She could not compete in the women's 400 metres due to the IAAF's regulations on testosterone levels for athletes with XY disorders of sex development in women's competition.[2][3]

She competed in the women's 200 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]

  1. ^ "Aminatou Seyni|Profile|iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  2. ^ World No. 3 400m runner forced to 200m at worlds due to testosterone rule – OlympicTalk
  3. ^ Savage, Rachel (22 July 2021). "False start for intersex athletes barred from Olympics". Reuters. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Athletics SEYNI Aminatou". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-15. Retrieved 2021-08-15.