Awa Bamogo
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| Born | 15 June 1999 Ouahigouya | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Torelli | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | Horizons Africa Women's Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024– | Torelli | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Awa Bamogo (born 15 June 1999) is a Burkinabé road and track cyclist who currently competes for UCI Continental team Torelli.
Career
Bamogo began her cycling career with support from Burkina Faso's armed forces sports union from 2018.[2] She soon began to find success at the national an international levels, winning the Burkina Faso national road race in 2019 and 2021 and winning medals in road and track cycling in African championships, including a 3rd place in 2022 and a 2nd in 2023 at the African Road Championships. Also in 2023, she competed in European races for the first time with assistance from the British-based Horizon's Africa Women's Cycling team.[3] Bamogo also participated in the 2023 African Games.
In 2024, Bamogo signed with UCI Continental team Torelli.[4] Bamogo was selected to represent Burkina Faso in the road race at the 2024 Summer Olympics as the country's only cyclist at the games.[5] She did not finish the race.
Major results
- 2019
- 1st
Road race, National Road championships - 10th Time trial, African Games
- 2021
- 1st Road race, National Road championships
- 8th Time trial, African Championships
- 2022
- African Championships
- 3rd
Road race - 10th Time trial
- 3rd
- 2023
- African Championships
- 2nd
Road race - 3rd Mixed relay
- 4th Time trial
- 2nd
- 2nd Road race, National Road championships
- 2024
- African Games
- 4th Criterium
- 6th Road race
- 6th Time trial
References
- ^ a b "Awa Bamogo". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "« Le vélo est une passion », Awa Bamogo". lefaso.net. LeFaso.net. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2024. (in French) ;
- ^ "Dossier : les coureurs cyclistes africains (2023)". prodige-mag.wixsite.com. Peloton-Mag. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2024. (in French) ;
- ^ "Awa Bamogo". uci.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Women's cycling road race – entries". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
External links
- Awa Bamogo at ProCyclingStats
- Awa Bamogo at FirstCycling
- Awa Bamogo at Paris Summer Olympics 2024
- Awa Bamogo at UCI