French sprinter
Teddy Atine-Venel
Teddy Venel in 2010
Born (1985-03-16 ) 16 March 1985 (age 39) Orsay , France Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[ 1] Weight 77 kg (170 lb) Sport Athletics Event 400 metres Club Lagardère Paris Racing Coached by Guy Ontanon
Teddy Atine-Venel (born 16 March 1985 in Orsay , France ) is a French athlete who specialises in the 400 meters .[ 2] He represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics as well as three outdoor and one indoor World Championships.
His personal bests in the event are 45.39 seconds outdoors (Forbach 2017) and 47.38 seconds indoors (Aubière 2006).
International competitions [ edit ]
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing France
2003
European Junior Championships
Tampere, Finland
5th
4 × 400 m relay
3:11.82
2004
World Junior Championships
Berlin, Germany
24th (h)
400 m
47.73
15th (h)
4 × 400 m relay
3:12.80
2006
World Indoor Championships
Moscow, Russia
6th
4 × 400 m relay
3:09.55
2007
European U23 Championships
Debrecen, Hungary
11th (sf)
400 m
47.14
–
4 × 400 m relay
DQ
2008
Olympic Games
Beijing, China
11th (h)
4 × 400 m relay
3:03.19
2009
Mediterranean Games
Pescara, Italy
2nd
400 m
46.04
World Championships
Berlin, Germany
21st (sf)
400 m
46.30
7th
4 × 400 m relay
3:02.65
2010
European Championships
Barcelona, Spain
9th (sf)
400 m
45.55
6th
4 × 400 m relay
3:03.85
2011
World Championships
Daegu, South Korea
14th (h)
4 × 400 m relay
3:03.68
2012
European Championships
Helsinki, Finland
–
400 m
DQ
6th
4 × 400 m relay
3:03.04
2014
IAAF World Relays
Nassau, Bahamas
10th (h)
4 × 400 m relay
3:03.74
European Championships
Zürich, Switzerland
3rd
4 × 400 m relay
2:59.89
2015
IAAF World Relays
Nassau, Bahamas
10th (h)
4 × 400 m relay
3:03.88
World Championships
Beijing, China
6th
4 × 400 m relay
3:00.65
2016
Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
9th (h)
4 × 400 m relay
3:00.82
2017
IAAF World Relays
Nassau, Bahamas
8th
4 × 400 m relay
3:06.33
World Championships
London, United Kingdom
30th (h)
400 m
45.90
8th
4 × 400 m relay
3:01.79
2018
Mediterranean Games
Tarragona, Spain
10th (h)
400 m
48.12
European Championships
Berlin, Germany
4th
4 × 400 m relay
3:02.08