Aminatou Seyni (born 24 October 1996) is a Nigerien

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

sprinter. She has the Nigerien national records for the

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ...

and

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...

. Seyni competed in the women's 100 metres and

at the

2019 African Games The 12th African Games (), also known as Rabat 2019 (), were held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in Janua ...

. She reached the semifinals in the women's 100 metres. She finished in 4th place in the women's 200 metres final. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the

2019 World Athletics Championships The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global sport of athletics, athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athleti ...

. She could not compete in the women's 400 metres due to the IAAF's regulations on testosterone levels for athletes with XY

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in women's competition. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

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* Living people 1996 births Nigerien female sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Niger Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games Place of birth missing (living people) African Games competitors for Niger Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic female sprinters Olympic athletes for Niger Intersex sportspeople Intersex women African Championships in Athletics winners {{Niger-athletics-bio-stub