Dimitri Bascou

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Dimitri Bascou
Dimitri Bascou Prague 2015.jpg
Bascou at the 2015 European Indoor Championships
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1987-07-20) 20 July 1987 (age 38)
Schœlcher, Martinique, France
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event
110 m hurdles
Medal record
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 110 m hurdles
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Portland 60 m hurdles
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Amsterdam 110 m hurdles
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Prague 60 m hurdles

Dimitri Bascou (born 20 July 1987) is a French track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metres hurdles. He is known for his explosive and fast starts. He won the gold medal at the 2016 European Championships and the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [1]

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Career

He was the silver medallist at the 2009 Mediterranean Games and came fourth at the 2010 European Athletics Championships.

He improved his indoor best in the 60 metres hurdles at the BW-Bank Meeting in February 2011, coming second with time of 7.53 seconds. [2] He broke Ladji Doucouré's long-standing French record in the 60 m hurdles with a run of 7.41 seconds at the 2016 ISTAF Indoor. [3]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag-of-Martinique.svg / Snake Flag of Martinique.svg Martinique
2005 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago 4th110 m hurdles14.84 (-0.7 m/s)
2nd4 × 100 m relay41.21
5th4 × 400 m relay3:20.60
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
2007 European U23 Championships Debrecen, Hungary 10th (h)110m hurdles 14.20 (-2.6 m/s)
2009 Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 2nd110 m hurdles 13.75
European U23 Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 4th110 m hurdles 13.66 (-0.7 m/s)
World Championships Berlin, Germany 16th (sf)110 m hurdles 13.49
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 4th110 m hurdles 13.41
2011 European Indoor Championship Paris, France 6th60 m hurdles 7.64
Universiade Shenzhen, China 4th110 m hurdles 13.60
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 10th (sf)110 m hurdles 13.62
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 19th (sf)110 m hurdles 13.55
2013 European Indoor Championship Gothenburg, Sweden 12th (sf)60 m hurdles 7.72
Mediterranean Games Mersin, Turkey 4th110 m hurdles 13.93
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 5th (sf)110 m hurdles 13.33 [a]
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 2nd60 m hurdles 7.50
World Championships Beijing, China 5th110m hurdles 13.17
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 3rd60 m hurdles 7.48
European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 1st110 m hurdles 13.25
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3rd110 m hurdles 13.24
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 10th (sf)110 m hurdles 13.48
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 9th (h)60 m hurdles 7.73 [b]

Notes

  1. ↑ Disqualified in the final
  2. ↑ Did not finish in the semifinals

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dimitri Bascou". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Records tumble in Karlsruhe, Spiegelburg clears 4.76m Archived 2011-02-18 at the Wayback Machine . European Athletics (2011-02-14). Retrieved on 2011-02-14.
  3. ↑ Minshull, Phil (2016-02-13). World leads for Schippers, Bascou and Wester in Berlin. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-02-15.


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