Sporting Witness
Sporting Witness
Lamine Gueye: Senegalese skiier
Up next
February 3, 2024
9 minutes
Available for over a year
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)