Amadou Sy Savané

Alpha Amadou Sy Savané (born 16 May 1974) is a Guinean sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres and 400 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 400 metres hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Amadou Sy Savané

Personal information
Nationality	Guinean
Born	(1974-05-16) 16 May 1974 (age 51)
Relatives	Mohamed Sy Savané (brother)
Sport
Sport	Sprinting
Event	200 metres
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Guinea West African Championships 1995 Dakar 400 m

Sy Savané first competed at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in the 400 metres, where he was seeded in the second heat but was ultimately disqualified.^[2]

At the 1992 Summer Olympics, Sy Savané qualified in both the 400 metres hurdles and the flat 200 metres, with both first-round heats scheduled on the same day. He ran 21.86 seconds in the 200 m and 54.26 seconds in the 400 m hurdles, placing 7th in his heat in both events and failing to advance.^[2][3]

Sy Savané ran the 400 m hurdles again at the 1994 Francophone Games, placing 6th in his heat and failing to advance.^[2]

Sy Savané won his first international medal at the 1995 West African Athletics Championships in Dakar. Entered in the 400 m, he ran 47.87 seconds to win the bronze medal.^[4] In September 1995, Sy Savané participated in the 1995 All-Africa Games. He ran 47.60 seconds in the flat 400 m, outside of the medals but setting the Guinean record in the discipline.^[2]

He returned to the Olympics for the 1996 Atlanta Games, this time entered only in the 400 m hurdles. Sy Savane ran 50.90 seconds to place 7th in his quarter-final and did not advance to the semi-finals.^[2][5]

At a May 1998 meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, Sy Savané set his personal best of 50.81 seconds in the 400 m hurdles. His time still stands as the Guinean national record over the event.^[2]

Personal life

Amadou Sy Savané coaches his son Abdoul Sy Savané, who won the 2023 New Balance Nationals Indoor championships in the 60 metres hurdles.^[6][7][8][9] Representing Atlanta Zoom Athletics in Atlanta, Georgia, Abdoul's winning time of 7.59 seconds was the #4 in United States high school history.^{[10][11][12][clarification needed]}

His elder brother, Mohamed Malal Sy Savané, is a middle-distance runner who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics;^[13][14] he set Guinean national records there in his heats for both the men's 800 metres and 1500 metres.^[3][5] He had previously set the 10,000 metres Guinean record of 32:27.5 at a 1989 competition in Conakry.^[15]