Zaynab Dosso (born 12 September 1999) is an Italian sprinter. She is the reigning World Indoor Championships over 60 metres, having won the gold medal at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships. She previously won the silver medal at the championships in 2025 and the bronze medal in 2024, as well as the gold medal at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 4 × 100 m relay.
Biography Zaynab is the daughter of Ivorian parents who moved to Italy in 2002; she came to Italy herself in 2009 when she was ten years old. Dosso acquired Italian citizenship in 2016.
A specialist over 60 metres, Dosso won the bronze medal in Glasgow at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships, and the silver medal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Nanjing. In 2026, she ran 7.00 seconds in both the semi-final and final to win the gold medal over 60 metres at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships ahead of American Jacious Sears and 2024 Olympic gold medalist Julien Alfred. The win came on the same evening as Nadia Battocletti won the 3000 metres, with the gold medals marking Italy's first at the Championships since Fiona May claimed the long jump victory in 1997. The 2026 Championships took place in Toruń, Poland, in March 2026. In the previous month, Dosso became only the fifth European woman to run below seven seconds, setting a 6.99 seconds personal best and national record at the Copernicus Cup in Toruń. Her previous personal best was 7.01 seconds which she had run to win the gold medal at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.
Over 100 metres, Dosso is a multiple-time Italian national champion and won the bronze medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, setting the Italian national record of 11.01 seconds that year.
Athletics achievements Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted. Personal bests TypeDistanceTime (s)Wind (m/s)VenueDateNotesIndividual eventsIndoor50 metres6.09Ostrava, Czech Republic3 February 202660 metres6.99Toruń, Poland22 February 2026200 metres 24.01Ancona, Italy5 February 2017Outdoor100 metres11.01+2.0Rome, Italy9 June 2024150 metres17.21-1.1Rome, Italy12 May 2022200 metres23.10-0.4Rome, Italy18 May 2024Team eventsIndoor4 × 200 metres relay 1:37.85Halle, Germany4 March 2017Outdoor4 × 100 metres relay42.14Budapest, Hungary25 August 2023
International competitions 2016European Youth ChampionshipsTbilisi, Georgia4th100 m11.833rdMedley relay2:08.99World U20 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland8th (h)4 × 100 m relay45.502017European U20 ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy17th (sf)100 m11.999th (sf)4 × 100 m relay45.112019European U23 ChampionshipsGävle, Sweden21st (h)100 m12.127th4 × 100 m relay45.29European Team Championships Super LeagueBydgoszcz, Poland5th100 m11.706th4 × 100 m relay44.202021European U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia15th (sf)100 m11.574 × 100 m relay43.652022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia12th (sf)60 m7.16World ChampionshipsEugene, United States21st (sf)100 m11.288th4 × 100 m relay42.92European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany7th100 m11.373rd4 × 100 m relay42.842023European Team Championships First DivisionChorzów, Poland12th100 m11.45World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary19th (sf)100 m11.194th4 × 100 m relay42.492024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom3rd60 m7.05World RelaysNassau, Bahamas11th4 × 100 m relay43.081st42.60European ChampionshipsRome, Italy3rd100 m11.03Olympic GamesParis, France22nd (sf)100 m11.3420th (h)4 × 100 m relay43.032025European Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn, Netherlands1st60 m7.01 World Indoor ChampionshipsNanjing, China2nd60 m7.06European Team Championships First DivisionMadrid, Spain5th100 m11.224th4 × 100 m relay42.58World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan18th (sf)100 m11.222026World Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland1st60 m7.00World RelaysGaborone, Botswana4th4 × 100 m relay42.9411th4 × 100 m relay 40.69European ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom7th100 m11.124th4 × 100 m relay43.21World Ultimate ChampionshipBudapest, Hungary13th (h)100 m11.26
National titles She has won ten national titles at individual senior level.
Italian Athletics Championships 100 metres: 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 (6) Italian Athletics Indoor Championships 60 metres: 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026 (4)
See also Italian records in athletics Italian all-time lists – 100 metres Naturalized athletes of Italy
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Zaynab Dosso at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link) Zaynab Dosso – CONI – Paris 2024