Fabrice Zango and Gina Bass, the new African stars

Burkina’s Hugues Fabrice Zango and Gambia’s Gina Bass carry the hopes of African athletics on their shoulders. Still unknown to the big public, some time ago, they burst the screen during the 2019 season by appearing on the big scenes around the world.
For this season, the Algiers African Championships and the Olympics are the targets for the two new African stars.



Hugues Fabrice Zango is a national pride in Burkina Faso. Thanks to him, his country won its very first medal at the world athletics championships. Bronze medalist in the triple jump in World Championships in Doha 2019 -, Fabrice Zango says he is very happy: "It is a Bronze medal which is worth gold, because I won it by dint of work".

Hugues Fabrice Zango is also working to obtain his Doctorate in Engineering. Knowledge of the laws of physics helps him a lot in the practice of sport.


Hugues-Fabrice Zango (26) brilliantly started the indoor season. For his first meeting in 2020, the Burkina’s athlete set a new record of the African triple-jump in Paris, performing 17.77 m. With this leap, he becomes the 4th best world performer in indoor history. Zango is just 15 cm from the 2011 indoor world record of his French coach Teddy Tamgho.



Gina Bass: the treasure of athletics in The Gambia

Gambian sprinter Gina Bass finished sixth in the 200m final at the last World Championships in Doha. The day before, she had already made the headlines in her country as the first Gambian athlete to reach the final of a world championship event. The Championships marked the end of a great season for the 25-year-old sprinter who won a gold medal at the All Africa Games in Rabat, Morocco, and set two national records.

 Gambia’s Gina BASS profited by the All Africa Games to qualify for the Doha World championships (September 2019) and the Olympic Games in Japan (2020). Gina Bass created some emotion in Rabat by winning Gold in 200m clocking 22 ' '58 and silver in 100m in 11''13. These two performances constitute the new Gambia’s records. Gina Bass paid for the luxury of going past the Ivorian Marie José Talou in 200m and finishing at her heels in 100m.

In indoor competition 2020, Gina Bass won her six meetings in Europe and ranks 4th in the world indoor.