Gabriel Tiacoh
Gabriel Tiacoh (an haife shi a ranar 9 ga watan Fabrairu, 1963 – Afrilu 2, 1992) ɗan wasan tsere ne daga Cote d'Ivoire wanda ya ƙware a gudun mita 400. An fi saninsa da lashe lambar yabo ta Olympics ta farko a kasarsa, a gudun mita 400 a shekarar 1984.

Tsohon mai rike da tarihin Afirka, ya kasance zakaran Afirka a nesa a 1984 da 1989, haka kuma ya kasance mai lambar azurfa a 1985 da 1988. Ya yi takara a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya a Wasanni a 1983 da 1987, inda ya kare a matsayi na bakwai a cikin 400. m karshe a karshen edition. Ya wakilci Cote d'Ivoire a gasar Olympics a karo na biyu a wasannin Seoul na 1988, amma bai kai wasan karshe ba.

Ya rasu ne sakamakon kamuwa da cutar sankarau a shekarar 1992 a birnin Atlanta na kasar Georgia yana da shekaru 29, kuma 'yarsa tilo mai suna Alexis Tiacoh ta rasu. Yana da mafi kyawun sirri na 44.30 dakika 400 m.

Sana'a 
Ya halarci gasar cin kofin duniya na farko a wasannin guje-guje da tsalle-tsalle, kuma an yi waje da shi a matakin kusa da na karshe na tseren mita 400 na maza. A shekara ta 1984 ya fara da lashe gasar tseren mita 400 a gasar guje-guje da tsalle-tsalle ta Afirka a Rabat. Bayan 'yan makonni, a gasar Olympics, ya gudanar ya lashe lambar azurfa da 44.54 dakikoki, sabon tarihin Afirka. Tun yana dan shekara 20, Tiacoh ya zama dan wasa na farko da ya lashe lambar yabo ta Olympics daga wata kasa ta yammacin Afirka. Ya kuma yi gudu a tseren mita 4×400 a gasar, amma tawagar maza (ciki har da Georges Kablan Degnan, Avognan Nogboum da René Djédjémel Mélédjé ) an fitar da su a wasan kusa da na karshe.

Ya rasa 400m na nahiyar m Innocent Egbunike a Gasar Cin Kofin Afirka a 1985, kodayake Tiacoh ya sami nasarar lashe lambar azurfa. A shekara ta gaba ya inganta Afirka 400 m rikodin sau biyu; na farko tare da gudu na 44.32, sannan wani na 44.30 seconds (wanda shine mafi sauri ta kowane ɗan wasa a waccan kakar). Ya kuma yi nasarar zama zakaran NCAA a wannan shekarar. Tiacoh ya yi gudun hijira a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya a 1987 kuma ya samu nasarar tsallakewa cikin sauki zuwa wasan karshe. Duk da haka, ya sami nasarar kammalawa a matsayi na bakwai a cikin tseren 400 m na karshe kamar yadda ba zai iya daidaita tsarin sa na baya ba (lokacin wasan kusa da na karshe na 44.69 s zai isa ya sami tagulla).

A gasar cin kofin Afrika a shekarar 1988, Egbunike ya sake doke shi zuwa matsayi na biyu. Tawagar Cote d'Ivoire ta samu lambar yabo ta azurfa a gasar tseren keke. Tiacoh ya wakilci kasarsa a gasar Olympics a karo na biyu, amma ya kasa maimaita nasarar lashe lambar yabo, kuma an fitar da shi a wasan daf da na kusa da karshe bayan ya kare a matsayi na biyar.  Ya taimakawa tawagar 'yan gudun hijirar Ivory Coast zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe na Olympics, amma sun kare a matsayi na shida kuma ba su cancanci zuwa wasan karshe ba.

Shekararsa ta ƙarshe ta manyan gasa ita ce 1989: ya sake samun 400 m title Afirka a Gasar Cin Kofin Afirka a 1989 kuma ya ci lambar zinare a Jeux de la Francophonie na farko. Ya wakilci Afirka a gasar cin kofin duniya ta IAAF a 1989, ya zo na uku a cikin tseren 400. m ga lambar tagulla.

Tiacoh ya mutu a shekara ta 1992 a Atlanta yana fama da cutar sankarau ta tarin fuka da tarin fuka ya haifar yana da shekaru 29.  Ya rage na 400 m mai rike da rikodin kasa ga Cote d'Ivoire.

Ya yi taron shekara-shekara na tsere da filin wasa mai suna don girmama shi - taron Gabriel Tiacoh a Abidjan.

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 A cikin zane-zane na wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayo Little Biritaniya, Denver Mills ( David Walliams ) ya yi iƙirarin samun lambar yabo ta azurfa da Tiacoh ya samu a gasar Olympics ta lokacin bazara ta 1984, duk da haka ba a ambaci wannan a cikin wasan kwaikwayo ba. (Wasan barkwanci ya taso ne daga yadda mutane ba sa yaba nasararsa kamar yadda yake so. )

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