Dimitri Bascou
![]() Bascou at the 2015 European Indoor Championships | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | French |
Born | Schœlcher, Martinique, France | 20 July 1987
Sport | |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | 110 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]
Career
[edit]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
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Minshull, Phil (2016-02-13). World leads for Schippers, Bascou and Wester in Berlin. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-02-15.
External links
[edit]- Dimitri Bascou at World Athletics
- Dimitri Bascou at European Athletics (archive)
- Dimitri Bascou at Olympics.com
- Dimitri Bascou at Olympic.org (archived)
- Dimitri Bascou at Olympedia
- Dimitri Bascou at the Fédération Française d'Athlétisme (in French)
- Dimitri Bascou at Équipe de France (in French)
- Dimitri Bascou at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
- Dimitri Bascou on Instagram