Kevin Widmer
Personal information | |
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Born | 23 September 1970 |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] |
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | 200 metres |
Club | Stade Genève |
Kevin Widmer (born 23 September 1970) is a retired Swiss athlete who competed in sprinting events.[2] He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as three outdoor and two indoor World Championships. Widmer is of Vietnamese descent and currently works as an athletics coach.[3]
He still holds Swiss records in the outdoor and indoor 200 metres.[citation needed]
Competition record
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Switzerland | |||||
1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | 20th (h) | 200 m | 21.81 |
1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto, Canada | 10th (sf) | 200 m | 21.31 |
World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | – | 4 × 400 m relay | DQ | |
1994 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 18th (h) | 200 m | 21.32 |
1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 21st (qf) | 200 m | 20.74 |
14th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.91 | |||
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 13th (sf) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.36 |
1997 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 23rd (h) | 400 m | 47.81 |
World Championships | Athens, Greece | 14th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.34 | |
1998 | European Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 29th (h) | 60 m | 6.80 |
13th (h) | 200 m | 21.56 | |||
European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 29th (h) | 200 m | 21.37 | |
5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:02.91 |
Personal bests
[edit]Outdoor
- 100 metres – 10.24 (+1.3 m/s) (La Chaux-de-Fonds 1995)
- 200 metres – 20.41 (-0.2 m/s) (La Chaux-de-Fonds 1995) NR
- 400 metres – 45.84 (Lindau 1995)
Indoor
- 60 metres – 6.65 (Magglingen 1998)
- 200 metres – 20.99 (Magglingen 1998) NR
- 400 metres – 46.72 (Magglingen 2006)
References
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