Ylann Bizasene

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Ylann Bizasene
Personal information
Born (2006-04-19) 19 April 2006 (age 19)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60m: 6.72 (2024)
100m: 10.25 (2025)
200m: 21.24 (2024)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of France.svg France
European U20 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Tampere 4x100 m relay
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Maribor 100m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Maribor Medley relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Banská Bystrica 100m

Ylann Bizasene (born 19 April 2006) is a French sprinter from Guadeloupe. A successful junior, he competed for the senior French team at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships. [1]

Career

He is from Gaudeloupe and trained as a member of Stade Lamentinois. He jumped over 7 metres in the long jump at the age of 14 years-old, and later also competed in the sprint events in the Caribbean at the CARIFTA Games. [2] [3] [4]

He won the silver medal in the 100 metres at the 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. [5] He set a French U16 record for the 60 metres in 2023 and also won the long jump at the French U18 Indoor Championships in February 2023. [6] [7] [8] He won gold in the 100 metres at the 2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Maribor, Slovenia, after setting a new EYOF record with a time of 10.44 in his heat. [9] [10] He also won gold in the medley relay at the Festival. [11]

He lowered his personal best for the 100 metres to 10.25 seconds in 2025. [12] He was a member of the French 4 x 100 metres relay team at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid in June 2025. [13] Competing in the 100 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, he won his semi-final in 10.35 seconds (-0.5m/s), before placing fourth in the final in 10.50 seconds (-0.7). [14] [15] He was then a member of the French team's gold medal winning 4x100m relay men's team. [16]

References

  1. "Ylann Bizasene". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  2. Jacks, Bradley (19 April 2025). "Bahamas' Williams and Cartwright take gold and silver in Under-17 Boys Javelin as 52nd CARIFTA Games get underway in Port of Spain". Sportsmaxtv. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  3. Combet, Chloé (5 June 2023). "Encouraging performances". guadeloupe.franceantilles.fr. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  4. Marius, Daniel; Gaydu, Ludovic; Fadel, Nadine (February 1, 2021). "Saut en longueur: le très prometteur Ylann Bizasene à la conquête du record de France". la1ere.franceinfo.fr/guadeloupe. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  5. "Day Two at EYOF Banská Bystrica 2022 Concludes With 19 Gold Medals Awarded". eyof2022. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  6. Goursaud, Etienne (25 Feb 2023). "French Cadet Junior Indoor Championships: Meta Tumba rolls out, the sensation Ylann Bizasene". Dicodusport.fr. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  7. "French U18 Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 26 Feb 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  8. Goursaud, Etienne (22 Feb 2024). "5 athletes to watch at the French U18 and U20 Indoor Athletics Championships". Dicodusport.fr. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  9. "Successful start for the Blues!". cnosf.franceolympique.com. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  10. "Dutch Duo Make Light of Wet Weather to Win Boys and Girls Time Trials". eurolympic.org. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  11. "2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival: 24 medals for the French team!". cnosf.franceolympique.com. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  12. Mills, Steven (24 July 2025). "World U20 champion Tumba features on French team for Tampere 2025". European Athletics. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  13. Goursaud, Etienne (18 June 2025). "Athletics: The French selection for the 2025 European Team Championships". Dicodusport.fr. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  14. "Italian sprint star Doualla Edimo speeds through to 100m final". European Athletics. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  15. "15-year-old Doualla blazes to brilliant 100m victory at Tampere 2025". European Athletics. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  16. "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.