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Born | Paris | 17 May 1966||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 100 m: 10.17 s (Genève 1994) 200 m: 20.16 s (Rome 1987) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gilles Quénéhervé (born 17 May 1966) is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.
Biography
[edit]At the 1987 World Championships in Rome he won the silver medal in a time of 20.16, which still stood as a French record for 24 years until it was broken by Christophe Lemaitre at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu.[1]
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he won a bronze medal in the 4x100 metres relay with his teammates Bruno Marie-Rose, Daniel Sangouma and Max Morinière.
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1986 | European Championships | Stuttgart, West Germany | 18th (h) | 100m | 10.56 (wind: -0.8 m/s) |
4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.81 | |||
1987 | World Indoor Championships | Indianapolis, United States | 4th | 200 m[2] | 20.97 |
European Indoor Championships | Liévin, France | 4th | 200 m[3] | 20.83 | |
World Championships | Rome, Italy | 2nd | 200 m | 20.16 | |
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 6th | 200 m | 20.40 |
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.40 | |||
1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 10th (sf) | 200 m | 21.00 (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 41st (h) | 200 m | 20.93 |
– (f) | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ |
References
[edit]- ^ French athletics records Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 1987 World Indoor Championships, men's 200 m final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
- ^ 1987 European Indoor Championships, men's 200 m final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
External links
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