Marlyse Hourtou
Personal information
NationalityChadian
Born (1996-07-29) 29 July 1996 (age 27)[1]
Sport
SportArchery
Medal record
Women's recurve archery
Representing  Chad
African Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Rabat Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Rabat Mixed team

Marlyse Hourtou (born 29 July 1996) is a Chadian archer. She competed in the women's individual event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, becoming the first athlete from Chad to contest the Olympic Games in the sport.[2] Hourtou was eliminated in the opening round by South Korea's An San and competed despite her single bow breaking during the course of the Games.[3]

Hourtou also competed in the recurve events at the 2019 African Games in Rabat. Entering the Games with a world ranking of 339, she won two bronze medals in the women's team and mixed team events.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "COMPLETE RESULTS BOOKLET" (PDF). 2019 African Games. 27 August 2019. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. ^ Park, Ju-min (29 July 2021). Ken Ferris (ed.). "Archery-First archer from Chad feels 'no stress' despite loss". Reuters. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  3. ^ Kalfa, David (29 July 2021). "Tokyo 2021: l'archère tchadienne Marlyse Hourtou est sortie de l'ombre" [Tokyo 2021: Chadian archer Marlyse Hourtou comes out of the shadows] (in French). Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 24 July 2022.

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