Maboundou Koné

Maboundou Koné (born 16 May 1997) is an Ivorian track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. She ran at the 2024 Olympic Games and won the gold medal over 200 metres at the 2026 African Championships in Athletics.

Biography She was part of the Ivory Coast 4 × 100 m relay team that ran 42.23 seconds to win the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne.

In August 2023, she set a new personal best time for the 200 meters of 22.53 seconds in Kinshasa.

Selected for the 200 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, she qualified for the semi-finals.

She ran as part of the Ivory Coast 4 × 100 m relay team, which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2024. She finished second that month to Shericka Jackson in the 200 meters at the 2024 Diamond League event 2024 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme in Rabat. In June 2024, she finished fifth in the 200 m at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan Diamond League event in Stockholm. In June 2024, she won bronze in the 100 metres at the African Championships in Douala, Cameroon.

She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris over 200 metres, reaching the semi-finals. She also competed in the 100 metres race at the Games. She was also a member of her nation's relay team that competed in the 4x100m relay at the Games.

She competed in the 200 metres at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event in China on 3 May 2025. She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Women's 4 × 100 metres relay in May 2025. In June 2025, she lowered her personal best to 11.09 seconds for the 100 metres whilst competing in Troyes, France (+1.6 m/s).

In September 2025, she competed in the 100 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. She also ran in the women's 200 metres at the championships. She also ran in the women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the championships.

In May, Kone won the gold medal in the 200 metres at the 2026 African Championships in Athletics in Accra, Ghana.