# Ivory Coast at the 2019 African Games

Ivory Coast competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing Ivory Coast won five gold medals, five silver medals and eight bronze medals and the country finished in 12th place in the medal table.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Cheick Sallah Cissé | Taekwondo | Men's –80 kg | 21 August |
| Gold | Seydou Gbané | Taekwondo | Men's –87 kg | 21 August |
| Gold | Bouma Ferimata Coulibaly | Taekwondo | Women's –49 kg | 21 August |
| Gold | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Athletics | Women's 100 metres | 27 August |
| Gold | Esmei Anne Marcelle Diombo | Archery | Women's individual | 30 August |
| Silver | Issa Diakite | Taekwondo | Men's –58 kg | 22 August |
| Silver | Marie Frédérique Ekpitini | Taekwondo | Women's –67 kg | 22 August |
| Silver | Arthur Cissé | Athletics | Men's 100 metres | 27 August |
| Silver | Amy Youin | Wrestling | Women's freestyle 76 kg | 29 August |
| Silver | Esmei Anne Marcelle Diombo Fatou Gbane Ekpobi Anne-marie Eleonord Yedagne | Archery | Women's team | 30 August |
| Bronze | Christ Seri | Taekwondo | Men's –63 kg | 22 August |
| Bronze | Aminata Charlene Traore | Taekwondo | Women's +73 kg | 22 August |
| Bronze | Aaron Kobenan | Taekwondo | Men's –68 kg | 23 August |
| Bronze | Banassa Diomandé | Taekwondo | Women's –57 kg | 23 August |
| Bronze | Koumba Nanah-Hélène Ibo | Taekwondo | Women's –62 kg | 23 August |
| Bronze | N'de Caroline Yapi | Wrestling | Women's freestyle 50 kg | 29 August |
| Bronze | Men's team | Fencing | Men's Team Foil | 30 August |
| Bronze | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Athletics | Women's 200 metres | 30 August |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Archery | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Fencing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Taekwondo | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 |

## Archery

Six athletes represented Ivory Coast in archery. In total, two medals were won.
Esmei Anne Marcelle Diombo won the gold medal in the women's individual recurve event.
Diombo, Fatou Gbane and Ekpobi Anne-marie Eleonord Yedagne also won the silver medal in the women's team event.

## Athletics

Ivory Coast competed in several events in athletics.
Marie-Josée Ta Lou won the gold medal in the women's 100 metres event and Arthur Cissé won the silver medal in the men's 100 metres event.
Marie-Josée Ta Lou also won the bronze medal in the women's 200 metres event.

## Canoeing

Amian Valentin Amian and Noutai Jean Vignon competed in canoeing. Amian competed in the men's K-1 200 metres and men's K-1 1000 metres events and Vignon competed in the men's C-1 200 metres and men's C-1 1000 metres events.

## Chess

Foua Aroll Junior, Franklin Kouya Tyeoulou Bernadin, Madeleine Lorng Yowel and Marie Yavo Tchetche represented Ivory Coast in chess.

## Fencing

Ivory Coast competed in fencing.
Fencers representing Ivory Coast won a bronze medal in the men's team foil event.

## Judo

Seven athletes represented Ivory Coast in judo: Daouda Junior Dabone, Maïmouna Kenza Diarrassouba, Salimata Fofana, Bamadou Ouattara, Abdalah Sorogo and Nandjo Yoann Wilfried Yapi.

## Rowing

Enrico Semon Bouehi, Riccardo Monti Bouehi and Kouadio Franck N'Dri were scheduled to compete; only Riccardo Monti Bouehi and Kouadio Franck N'Dri competed in their events.

## Taekwondo

Cheick Sallah Cissé and Ruth Gbagbi were scheduled to compete in taekwondo at the 2019 African Games. Cheick Sallah Cissé previously won gold at the 2015 African Games.
In total athletes representing Ivory Coast in Taekwondo won three gold medals, two silver medals and five bronze medals.

## Tennis

Abdoulaziz Bationo, Eliakim Coulibaly, Kouadio Guillaume Koffi, Gueninle Abdoul Karim Ouattara and Marie Perla Biansumbra competed in tennis.
Bationo, Coulibaly, Koffi and Ouattara competed in the men's singles event.
Bationo and Koffi also competed in the men's doubles event.
Perla Biansumbra competed in the women's singles event.

## Wrestling

Ivory Coast competed in wrestling.
Eight athletes competed in wrestling: Abasse Abdoulaye Aladji, Nagoma Celine Bakayoko, Guy Alain Lago, Ulrich Elyse Manouan, Christ Emmanuel N'dri, Adama Tangara, N'de Caroline Yapi and Amy Youin.