Background and career
Cyréna Samba-Mayela (born 31 October 2000) is a French athlete who competes in the 60 metres hurdles and 100 metres hurdles. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Samba-Mayela won the silver medal in the 100 m hurdles event having won the gold medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships, where she established a new personal best, national record and championship record at 12.31 seconds. She also won the gold medal in the 60 m hurdles at the 2022 World Indoor Championships, and the silver medal at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships where she lowered the current French national record to 7.73 seconds.
Samba-Mayela holds European under-18 bests in the 60 m and 100 m hurdles (76.2 cm). She won silver medals for the 100 m hurdles at the 2017 World U18 Championships and 2021 European U23 Championships.

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