Lamine Gueye: Senegalese skiier
The story of the first black African to compete at the Winter Olympics
Sporting Witness · BBC World Service
February 3, 20249m 4s
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Show Notes
In 1984, Lamine Gueye of Senegal became the first black African skier to take part in the Winter Olympics.
The grandson of a prominent Senegalese politician, Gueye founded his country's ski federation and for a long time was the only member.
In 2017, he spoke to Tayo Popoola.
A Whistledown Production for BBC World Service.
(Photo: Lamine at the 1996 World Championships. Credit: Jerome Prevost/TempSport/Corbis/VCG/Getty)