Ali Kamé

Ali Kamé
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Madagascar
All-Africa Games
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Maputo Decathlon
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Porto Novo Decathlon
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Durban Decathlon

Ali Kamé (born 21 May 1984) is a Malagasy track and field athlete who competes in the decathlon. He won the gold medal at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics and was a bronze medallist at the 2011 All-Africa Games. His personal best of 7685 points is the Malagasy record and he is a three-time winner of the African Combined Events Championships.

Biography

Born in Namakia in Madagascar's Mitsinjo District, he began to compete internationally in the decathlon in 2007. A national record of 6564 points at the Multistars meeting was followed by a wind-assisted 6740 points in Arles. The 2007 All-Africa Games was his first outing for Madagascar and he placed seventh with a Malagasy record score of 7012 points.[1]

He added a point to this tally at an African Combined Events meeting in Réduit in April 2008.[2] At the 2008 African Championships in Athletics, held a month later, he came close to the podium with a fourth-place finish.[3] He returned to the European circuit that year, but placed 21st at both the Multistars and Arles meets. The re-establishment of the African Combined Events Championships in Mauritius in 2009 saw him win his first regional title with a record mark of 7363 points.[4] This proved to be his sole complete decathlon that year, as he failed to finish at his two regular European meets.

Kamé began training at the IAAF High Performance Training Centre in Mauritius and he scored 7314 points in Réduit in April.[5] He again collected over seven thousand points at the Multistars meet, taking fourteenth place as Africa's top performer.[6] In his third and final decathlon that year he came fourth at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics, repeating his finish from 2008.[7] He returned and defended his Combined Events African title in 2011 with a national record score of 7685 points.[8] He had his first top ten placing at Multistars and then won his first medal at a major competition, totalling 7458 points for the bronze medal at the 2011 All-Africa Games behind Jangy Addy and Guillaume Thierry.[9]

His good form continued into 2012 as he began by winning a third African Combined Events title ahead of Theirry.[10] He was again top ten at the Multistars meet and was sixth at the TNT – Fortuna Meeting with a score of 7443 points.[11] Later that June he won his first major continental title at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics, although the field of competitors was small.[12]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Madagascar
2007 All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria 4th Shot put 17.91 m
7th Decathlon 7012 pts
2008 African Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 4th Decathlon 6774 pts
2010 African Championships Nairobi, Kenya 4th Decathlon 7072 pts
2011 All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 3rd Decathlon 7458 pts
2012 African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 1st Decathlon 7252 pts
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom – 110 m hurdles DQ
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia – Decathlon DNF
Jeux de la Francophonie Nice, France 4th Decathlon 7456 pts
2014 African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 5th Decathlon 6819 pts
2016 African Championships Durban, South Africa 3rd Decathlon 6892 pts
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 36th (h) 110 m hurdles 14.89[13]

References

  1. ^ 2007 All Africa Games results. Africaathle. Retrieved on 2012-07-08.
  2. ^ Quirin, Reynolds (2008-04-07). [1]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-08.
  3. ^ Ali Kame. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-08.
  4. ^ AfrC Réduit MRI 18 - 19 April 2009. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2012-04-23.
  5. ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2010-05-06). Melnychenko and Arnold the favourites in Desenzano del Garda – IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-08.
  6. ^ 23° Multistars - Trofeo Zerneri Acciai. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-08.
  7. ^ Decathlon Men. 2010 Nairobi. Retrieved on 2012-07-08.
  8. ^ 2011 African Combined Events Championships Decathlon - Men Standings after Event 10. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-23.
  9. ^ All-Africa Games - Jeux Africains, Maputo (Mozambique) 11-15/9. Africa Athle. Retrieved on 2012-07-08.
  10. ^ 2012 African Combined Events Championships Results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-23.
  11. ^ TNT-Fortuna Meeting. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-08.
  12. ^ 2012 African Championships Archived 2012-08-11 at the Wayback Machine. Confederation of African Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-07-08.
  13. ^ Note: Because Ali's heat and one other took place in heavy rain unlike later heats, there was a re-run for athletes who failed to qualify by right. Ali did not start in that repechage.