Laurence Elloy

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Laurence Elloy
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Mediterranean Games
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IAAF World Indoor Games
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Laurence Elloy-Machabey (born 3 December 1959) is a French track and field athlete who competed in the sprint hurdles. She is a former French national record holder with her best of 12.69 seconds for the 100 metres hurdles. She twice represented France at both the Summer Olympics (1980, 1984) and the World Championships in Athletics (1983, 1987) and was a three-time participant at the European Athletics Championships.

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Internationally, she won a gold medal at the 1979 Mediterranean Games and a silver medal at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Games. She was a five-time outdoor national champion in the 100 m hurdles.

Career

Born in Rouen, she was the daughter of Colette Elloy – a 1952 Olympian for France in the 80 metres hurdles. [1] Running for the Stade Dieppe athletic club, she made her international debut as a teenager at the 1977 European Athletics Junior Championships (coming fourth) [2] then ran at the 1978 European Athletics Championships, where she competed in the 100 metres hurdles heats only. [3] She rose on the regional scene with a gold medal win at the 1979 Mediterranean Games, succeeding her compatriot Nadine Fricault to the title. [4] Elloy's first national title at the French Athletics Championships came in 1979 and she went on to win five such 100 m hurdles titles in the period up to 1986. [5]

In her early career she was a frequent representative for France, but did not make major finals. She appeared at the Summer Olympics in 1980 and 1984, as well as the 1982 European Athletics Championships and 1983 World Championships in Athletics. [1] [6] Elloy began to feature more regularly in international finals from 1985 onwards. She placed fourth at the 1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships then took the silver medal in the 60 metres hurdles at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Games held in Paris, one place ahead of fellow Frenchwoman Anne Piquereau. [7] Outdoors that year she was the B-final winner of the 100 m hurdles at the 1985 European Cup. [8] She improved her best to 12.79 seconds, which ranked her sixth globally in the 100 m hurdles for that year. [9]

In the 1986 season she was fifth at the 1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships and then sixth at the 1986 European Athletics Championships – her highest placing yet at an outdoor European final. A lifetime best run of 12.69 seconds in Moscow was a French record that lasted for nine years. It made her the eighth fastest hurdler that season. She gave her best performance on the global stage the following year with a time of 12.83 seconds in the final at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics. [9]

Elloy's final international appearances came in 1988, when she was fifth at the 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships. [9] She ranked third on the 1988 IAAF Grand Prix Final tour. [10] It was also the last year that she won a national title, doing so in the 60 m hurdles at the French Indoor Championships. [11]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1977 European Junior Championships Donetsk, Soviet Union4th100 m hurdles13.85
1978 European Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia23rd (h)100 m hurdles 14.07
1979 Mediterranean Games Split, Yugoslavia1st100 m hurdles 13.87
1980 Olympic Games Moscow, Soviet Union10th (sf)100 m hurdles 13.33
1981 European Indoor Championships Grenoble, France–50 m hurdles DNF
Universiade Bucharest, Romania 7th100 m hurdles 13.54
1982 European Championships Athens, Greece9th (sf)100 m hurdles 13.07
1983 World Championships Helsinki, Finland9th (sf)100 m hurdles 13.08
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States20th (h)100 m hurdles 13.98
1985 World Indoor Games Paris, France2nd60 m hurdles 8.08
European Indoor Championships Piraeus, Greece4th60 m hurdles 8.09
European Cup B-final Budapest, Hungary1st100 m hurdles13.15
1986 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain5th60 m hurdles 7.94
Goodwill Games Moscow, Soviet Union4th100 m hurdles 12.75
European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany6th100 m hurdles 12.93
1987 World Championships Rome, Italy6th100 m hurdles 12.83
1988 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary5th60 m hurdles 7.95
IAAF Grand Prix Final West Berlin, West Germany3rd100 m hurdles42.5 pts
(#) Indicates overall position in qualifying heats (h) or semifinals (sf)

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References

  1. 1 2 Laurence Elloy-Machabey. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
  2. ↑ European Junior Championships 1977. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
  3. ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK. European Athletics Association, pp. 427-435. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
  4. ↑ Mediterranean Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
  5. 1 2 French Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
  6. ↑ Larence Elloy-Machabey. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
  7. ↑ IAAF World Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
  8. ↑ European Cup B Final and First League. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
  9. 1 2 3 Laurence Elloy. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
  10. ↑ IAAF Grand Prix Final. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
  11. 1 2 French Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
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