 Bazolo at the2012 Summer Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1983-05-04)4 May 1983 (age 42) Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 100 m,200 m |
Lorène Dorcas Bazolo (born 4 May 1983) is atrack and field athlete.[1] Born in the Republic of the Congo, she currently represents Portugal internationally but competed for her country of birth in the past. She is the Congolese national record holder in the 100 metres, with a time of 11.39 seconds. She was the Congolese flag bearer at the2012 Summer Olympics.[2]
She competed at theAfrican Championships in Athletics in 2008, 2010 and 2012 and represented Congo in both the 100 m at the200 metres at the2011 All-Africa Games. She has also represented her nation at theSummer Universiade (2009 and 2011) and the2009 Jeux de la Francophonie.
During 2013 she arrived in Portugal onpolitical asylum and soon joined athletics clubsJOMA, and later,Sporting Club de Portugal. After acquiringPortuguese citizenship during 2016 she has beaten the national 100 m record, which is now set at 11.21 seconds.[3]
During the2020 Summer Olympics, Lorène reached the 200 m semifinals with 23.20 seconds.[4] On 14 August 2021, at the Résisprint La Chaux-de-Fonds Meeting, Switzerland, Bazolo beat her 100 m and the 25 year old 200 m national records which now stand at 11.10 and 22.64 seconds, respectively.[5]
Competing for Portugal over 200 metres at the2024 European Championships inRome, Italy in June 2024, she qualified for the semi-finals with a run of 23.18 seconds, but did not progress further into the final.[6] She was also a semi-finalist at the2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships inApeldoorn, over 60 metres.[7]
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| Preceded by | Flagbearer for CongoLondon 2012 | Succeeded by |
