Sydney Siame

Sydney Siame
Personal information
Born (1997-10-07) 7 October 1997 (age 27)
Isoka, Zambia[1]
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 m, 200 m
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Zambia
African Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Durban 4x100 m relay
Summer Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing 100 m

Sydney Sido Siame (born 7 October 1997) is a Zambian sprinter.[2] He competed in the 200 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without advancing from the first round. In addition, he won a gold medal at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[3]

A run of 9.88 seconds was recorded for the 100 m in Lusaka in 2017, but Siame's time was excluded from the global lists on the basis of doubtful timing. This would have been the first time a Zambian had broken the 10-second barrier and a highly unusual improvement of 0.34 seconds for the athlete.[4]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Zambia
2014 African Youth Games Gaborone, Botswana 2nd 100 m 10.58
World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 16th (sf) 100 m 10.68
Youth Olympic Games Nanjing, China 1st 100 m 10.56
2015 African Junior Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 3rd 100 m 10.77
World Championships Beijing, China 45th (h) 200 m 21.08
African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 6th (h) 100 m 10.351
7th 200 m 21.21
3rd (h) 4 × 100 m relay 39.312
2016 African Championships Durban, South Africa 5th 200 m 20.83
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 39.77
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 12th (sf) 200 m 20.54
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 32nd (h) 60 m 6.88
Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 5th 200 m 20.62
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 6th 200 m 20.79
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.98
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 1st 200 m 20.35
World Championships Doha, Qatar 28th (h) 200 m 20.58
20213 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 37th (h) 200 m 21.01
2022 African Championships Port Louis, Mauritius 20th (sf) 100 m 10.50
18th (sf) 200 m 21.31

1Disqualified in the semifinals

2Disqualified in the final

3Postponed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Personal bests

Outdoor

  • 100 metres – 10.06 (+1.1 m/s, Šamorín 2018)
  • 200 metres – 20.16 (+1.5 m/s, La Chaux-de-Fonds 2019)

References

  1. ^ 2018 CWG bio
  2. ^ "Sydney Siame". IAAF. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  4. ^ Siame’s 9.88s record scrapped. Times of Zambia (16 July 2017). Retrieved 17 June 2018.