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Yarigo holds five Beninese national records including at 800 m indoors and out.
Career
Noélie Yarigo set her first Beninese 800 metres record in 2003 at the age of 17, reducing it to 2:11.61 while still a teenager two years later. But she then took a long break from the sport and only returned in 2012 at the age of 26.[5]
She serves with the Benin Air Force. She was given leave to prepare for the 2016 Rio Olympics and used it to train in France at the club run by the wife of her coach.[2] At the Games, Yarigo broke for the first time the two-minute barrier in the heats with a time of 1:59.12.[5]
On 8 February 2023, at age 37 and after primarily focusing on being a pacemaker on the international racing circuit before, Yarigo set a significant personal best in the 800 m.[5] She clocked 1:58.48 for second at the indoor Copernicus Cup in Toruń, Poland, improving her 1:59.12 set outdoors at the 2016 Rio Games.[6]
Statistics
International competitions
Noelie Yarigo at the Meeting Stanislas in France in 2016
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