Stéphane Diagana

Medal record
Stéphane Diagana
Competitor for  France
Men's athletics
World Championships
Gold	1997 Athens	400 m hurdles
Gold	2003 Paris	4x400 m relay
Silver	1999 Sevilla	400 m hurdles
Bronze	1995 Gothenburg	400 m hurdles
European Championships
Gold	2002 Munich	400 m hurdles
Silver	1994 Helsinki	4x400 m relay
Bronze	1994 Helsinki	400 m hurdles

Stéphane Diagana (born 23 July 1969 in Saint-Affrique, Aveyron) is a former French athlete who won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens over 400 metres hurdles. In 2002 he won the gold medal at the European Championships in Athletics in Munich in the same event. Diagana also set the European record of 47.37 sec. in Lausanne in 1995. He retired from competition in 2004 and became a television commentator and advisor to the French Athletics Federation.^[1]

He was a torch runner for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, however Paris city councillor Sylvain Garel tried to snatch the torch from his hands.^[2]

He was involved in a serious road accident in January 2011. He was airlifted to hospital after suffering head injuries and although in a serious condition, he did not lose consciousness.^[1]

Reference

1. ^ ^{a b} European 400m hurdles record holder Diagana injured in a road accident. European Athletics (2011-01-22). Retrieved on 2011-01-23.
2. ^ Chris Buckley and Thierry Leveque (2008-04-07). Protests turn Paris Olympic torch run into farce The Independent. Retrieved 29 July 2010.

External links

• IAAF profile for Stéphane Diagana

Sporting positions
Preceded by Derrick Adkins	Men's 400 m Hurdles Best Year Performance 1995	Succeeded by Derrick Adkins

Persondata
Name	Diagana, Stephane
Alternative names
Short description	French athlete
Date of birth	23 July 1969
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death