Kéné Ndoye (20 November 1978 – 13 February 2023) was a Senegalese

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athlete, competing internationally for Senegal. She was 14th in the triple jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in

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/ref> She won Senegal's first world indoor medal when she took bronze in the triple jump at the 2003 World Indoor Championships. She was also successful in the African Championships in Athletics where she won ten medals in athletics (three Gold, three Silver and four Bronze). She had three All Africa Games Medals (one Gold, two Bronze) and won the Golden Lion as Senegal's top sports person for 2003. She was a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program from November 2002. Kéné Ndoye died on 13 February 2023 at the age of 44.

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World Indoor Championships
1978 births 2023 deaths Senegalese triple jumpers Female triple jumpers Senegalese female athletes 20th-century Senegalese sportswomen 21st-century Senegalese sportswomen Olympic athletes for Senegal Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics African Games gold medalists for Senegal African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games {{Senegal-athletics-bio-stub