Zaynab Dosso

Biography Zaynab is the daughter of Ivorian parents who moved to Italy in 2002; she came to Italy herself in 2009 when she was ten years old. Dosso acquired Italian citizenship in 2016. The 2026 Championships took place in Toruń, Poland, in March 2026. In the previous month, Dosso became only the fifth European woman to run below seven seconds, setting a 6.99 seconds personal best and national record at the Copernicus Cup in Toruń. Her previous personal best was 7.01 seconds which she had run to win the gold medal at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.

Over 100 metres, Dosso is a multiple-time Italian national champion and won the bronze medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, setting the Italian national record of 11.01 seconds that year.

National records 100 metres: 11.01 ( Rome, 9 June 2024) – current holder

60 m 7.01

60 m 7.06

60 m 7.00 National titles She has won ten national titles at individual senior level.

Italian Athletics Championships 100 metres: 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 (6) Italian Athletics Indoor Championships 60 metres: 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026 (4)

Personal bests Outdoor 100 metres – 11.01 (+2.0 m/s, 9 June 2024, Rome) Indoor 60 metres – 6.99 (22 February 2026, Toruń)