Ivory Coast's two medallists from the 2016 Rio Olympic games given cash awards and houses by the president.

Ivory Coast's two medallists from the 2016 Rio Olympic games have been given cash awards and houses by the president. 

Cheick Cisse, who won taekwondo gold medal, was given $85,000 (£64,000) and Ruth Gbagbi, who won bronze in the women's event, got $51,000.

Cisse's gold medal was the first in the country's history.

 

Last year, President Alassane Ouattara made similar awards to members of the national football team after they won the African Cup of Nations.

He did not reveal any details about the houses given to Cisse and Gbagbi, or their location.

Note

Ivory Coast had only won one Olympic medal until this year.
Gabriel Tiacoh won a silver medal in the men's 400m in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.