Overview

• Doualla’s gold medal came in her Italian national-team debut at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Skopje.
• She eclipsed the previous Under-18 European mark of 11.24 seconds held by Britain’s Jodie Williams and Switzerland’s Xenia Buri.
• Just one week earlier in Brescia she had lowered her personal best to 11.29 seconds, underscoring her rapid rise.
• The Milan-based sprinter competes for Cus Pro Patria Milano and is from Sant’Angelo Lodigiano to Cameroonian parents.
• Her breakthrough continues Italy’s strong women’s sprinting tradition established by athletes such as Zaynab Dosso and Manuela Levorato.