Fatoumata Balley

Fatoumata Balley
Balley in 2024
Personal information
Born (1997-04-09) 9 April 1997
Sport
CountryGuinea
SportAthletics
Event
High jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bestHigh jump: 1.93m (2026) NR
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Guinea
African Games
Silver medal – second place2023 AccraHigh jump
African Championships
Bronze medal – third place2024 DoualaHigh jump
Jeux de la Francophonie
Gold medal – first place2023 KinshasaHigh jump
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place2025 RiyadhHigh jump

Fatoumata Balley (born 9 April 1997) is a Guinean high jumper. The national record holder, she was a finalist at the 2025 World Athletics Championships and a silver medalist at the African Games in Accra in 2023.[1]

Career

Balley was born in Conakry, Guinea but moved to France at an early age. She had the option to represent France in international competitions but chose to compete for the country of her birth.[2]

She is a member of Amiens UC Athletics in Amiens, France. She set a personal best of 1.86 metres for the high jump competing in Amiens in June 2023.[3] She won the gold medal in the high jump at the 2023 Francophone Games in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.[4][5]

She won the silver medal at the delayed 2023 African Games held in Accra, Ghana in March 2024.[6][7] She won the bronze medal at the 2024 African Championships in Douala, Cameroon in June 2024 [8]

She was selected to compete at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where she qualified for the final and placed twelfth overall.[9][10]

Balley set a new personal best and Guinea national record of 1.92 metres at the Hirson High Jump Meeting, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Challenger meeting, in January 2026.[11] In June 2026, Balley equaled her personal best and Guinea national record of 1.92 metres at the Tag der Überflieger Meeting in Essen, Germany,[12] and then set a new personal best and Guinea national record of 1.93 metres at the Boris Hanžeković Memorial meeting in Zagreb.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Fatoumata Balley". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 Sep 2025.
  2. ↑ "Exclusive: Guinean athletics champion Fatoumata Balley opens her heart... (interview)". avenirguinee.org. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 18 Sep 2025.
  3. ↑ "ATHLETICS: Final curtain for the national meeting in Amiens". Gazettesports.fr. 18 June 2023. Retrieved 18 Sep 2025.
  4. ↑ "Jeux de la Francophonie". World Athletics. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "ATHLETICS: Fatoumata Balley shines at the Francophone Games". Gazettesports.fr. Retrieved 18 Sep 2025.
  6. ↑ "African Games". World Athletics. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "African Games: Fatoumata Balley wins silver medal in high jump". Firawa Sport. March 19, 2024. Retrieved 18 Sep 2025.
  8. ↑ "African Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "ATHLETICS: Fatoumata Balley and Raihau Maiau will represent their nations at the Tokyo World Championships". Gazettesports.fr. 4 Sep 2025. Retrieved 18 Sep 2025.
  10. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  11. ↑ Mills, Steven (18 Jan 2026). "Attaoui opens season with a 3:35.65 1500m in Antequera". European Athletics. Retrieved 19 Jan 2026.
  12. ↑ "Tag der Überflieger - Women's High Jump Results". World Athletics. 21 June 2026. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
  13. ↑ "76. Boris Hanžeković Memorial - Women's High Jump Results". World Athletics. 24 June 2026. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
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