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Marc Raquil
Marc Raquil (born 2 April 1977 in Créteil) is a French runner of Martiniquais origin who mainly competes in the 400 metres. He has a World Championships bronze medal from 2003 and a European gold medal from the 2006 European Athletics Championships. In addition to this he has been a successful participant in 4x400m relay.
Achievements
Year Tournament Venue Result Extra 2000 European Indoor Championships Ghent, Belgium 3rd 400 metres Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 4th 4x400m relay 2003 World Championships Paris, France 3rd 400 metres 1st 4x400m relay World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 6th 400 metres 2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 1st 4x400m relay World Championships Helsinki, Finland 6th 4x400m relay 2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 1st 400 metres 1st 4x400m relay Personal bests
- 200 metres - 21.03 (2001)
- 400 metres - 44.79 (2003)
- 800 metres - 1:50.90 (2003)
External links
- IAAF profile for Marc Raquil
World Champions in Men's 4×400 m Relay 1983: Soviet Union • 1987: United States • 1991: Great Britain • 1993 – 1995: United States 1997: Great Britain • 1999: Poland • 2001: Bahamas • 2003: France • 2005 – 2011: United States
European Champions in Men's 400 m 1934: Adolf Metzner (GER) • 1938: Godfrey Brown (GBR) • 1946: Niels Holst-Sørensen (DEN) • 1950: Derek Pugh (GBR) • 1954: Ardalion Ignatyev (URS) • 1958: John Wrighton (GBR) • 1962: Robbie Brightwell (GBR) • 1966: Stanisław Grędziński (POL) • 1969: Jan Werner (POL) • 1971: David Jenkins (GBR) • 1974: Karl Honz (FRG) • 1978: Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FRG) • 1982: Hartmut Weber (FRG) • 1986: Roger Black (GBR) • 1990: Roger Black (GBR) • 1994: Du'aine Ladejo (GBR) • 1998: Iwan Thomas (GBR) • 2002: Ingo Schultz (GER) • 2006: Marc Raquil (FRA) • 2010: Kévin Borlée (BEL)
European Champions in Men's 4 x 400 m relay 1934: Germany (Hamann, Scheele, Voigt, Metzner) • 1938: Germany (Blazejezak, Bues, Linnhoff, Harbig) • 1946: France (Santona, Cros, Chef d’Hotel, Lunis) • 1950: Great Britain (Pike, Lewis, Scott, Pugh) • 1954: France (Haarhoff, Degats, Martin du Gard, Goudeau) • 1958: Great Britain (Sampson, MacIsaac, Wrighton, Salisbury) • 1962: West Germany (Kindermann, Schmitt, Reske, Kinder) • 1966: Poland (Werner, Borowski, Grędziński, Badeński) • 1969: France (Bertould, Nicolau, Carette, Nallet) • 1971: West Germany (Schlöske, Jordan, Jellinghaus, Köhler) • 1974: Great Britain (Cohen, Hartley, Pascoe, Jenkins) • 1978: West Germany (Weppler, Hofmeister, Herrmann, Schmid) • 1982: West Germany (Skamrahl, Schmid, Giessing, Weber) • 1986: Great Britain (Redmond, Akabusi, Whittle, Black) • 1990: Great Britain (Sanders, Akabusi, Regis, Black) • 1994: Great Britain (McKenzie, Black, Whittle, Ladejo) • 1998: Great Britain (Hylton, Baulch, Thomas, Richardson) • 2002: Great Britain (Deacon, Elias, Baulch, Caines) • 2006: France (Djhone, M'Barke, Keïta, Raquil) • 2010: Russia (Dyldin, Aksyonov, Krasnov, Trenikhin)
Categories:- 1977 births
- Living people
- People of Martiniquais descent
- French sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of France
- French athletics biography stubs
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