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Medal record
Doucouré at the 2006 Meeting Gaz de France
Competitor for  France
Men’s athletics
World Championships
Gold	2005 Helsinki	110 m hurdles
Gold	2005 Helsinki	4x100 m relay
European Indoor Championships
Gold	2005 Madrid	60 m hurdles
Gold	2009 Torino	60 m hurdles

Ladji Doucouré (born 28 March 1983 in Juvisy-sur-Orge) is a French athlete of Malian and Senegalese descent. He was a football player and decathlete before specializing in hurdling.

[edit] Career

He competed in the 110 m hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and finished eighth in the final with a result of 13.76 s (he fell just before the finish line). Doucouré won the gold medal at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, beating Liu Xiang and veteran Allen Johnson. He (together with Ronald Pognon, Eddy De Lépine and Lueyi Dovy) won another gold medal (in the 4×100 metres relay).

In August 2005 he lowered his personal best to 12.97 s, setting a national record; it was the world's best performance that year.

In 110 m hurdles at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, Doucouré clocked 13.07 s to finish just one hundredth of a second ahead of China's Liu Xiang, with defending champion Allen Johnson of the United States taking the bronze.

He finished fourth in the final of the 110 m hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The following season he started strongly, winning the 60 m hurdles gold medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Liu Xiang	Men's 110m Hurdles Best Year Performance 2005	Succeeded by Liu Xiang

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