Elie Bacari

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Elie Bacari
Personal information
NationalityBelgian
Born (2003-10-14) 14 October 2003 (age 20)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60m hurdles: 7.58 (Glasgow, 2024)
110m hurdles: 13.38 (Turku, 2024)

Elie Bacari (born 14 October 2003) is a Belgian hurdler. [1]

Career

Bacari lowered his 60m hurdles personal best a number of times in January 2024, and ran 7.62 seconds in Luxembourg to place fourth all-time for a Belgian athlete. [2] He won a silver medal in the Belgian National Indoor Championships in February 2024. [3] He competed in the 60m hurdles at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, running a personal best 7.58 seconds in the semi final. [4]

He reached the final of the 110m hurdles at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome. [5] He ran a personal best 13.38 seconds for the 110m hurdles in Turku in June 2024. [6] That month, he finished as runner-up at the Belgian Athletics Championships. [7]

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References

  1. "Elie Bacari". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  2. Reyntjens, Michiel (21 January 2024). "Elie Bacari stormt naar WK Glasgow met dik PR". atni.be. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. "Elie Bacari qualifies for the 20-year-old World". Le Soir. February 27, 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  4. "Indoor World Championships in Glasgow: Elie Bacari eliminated in semi-finals, Obasuyi 1/100th of his national record". dhnet.be. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  5. "Mistakes cost Michael Obasuyi and Elie Bacari in the European Championship final of the 110mH". Het Laatste Nieuws. June 9, 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  6. "Omar McLeod and Shanieka Ricketts win at Paavo Nurmi Games". Jamaica Loop News. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  7. "National championships roundup - Fast times highlight the British and French Championships". European Athletics. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.