Gilles Quénéhervé

Gilles Quénéhervé

Personal information
Nationality	France
Born	17 May 1966 Paris
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 10.17 s (Genève 1994) 200 m: 20.16 s (Rome 1987)
Medal record Competitor for  France Men's athletics Olympic Games 1988 Seoul 4×100 m relay World Championships 1987 Rome 200 m

Gilles Quénéhervé (born 17 May 1966) is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.

Biography

At the 1987 World Championships in Rome he won the silver medal in a time of 20.16, which still stood as a French record for 24 years until it was broken by Christophe Lemaitre at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu.^[1]

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he won a bronze medal in the 4x100 metres relay with his team mates Bruno Marie-Rose, Daniel Sangouma and Max Morinière.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  France
1986	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	18th (h)	100m	10.56 (wind: -0.8 m/s)
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	38.81
1987	World Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, United States	4th	200 m[2]	20.97
	European Indoor Championships	Liévin, France	4th	200 m[3]	20.83
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	2nd	200 m	20.16
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	6th	200 m	20.40
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	38.40
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	10th (sf)	200m	21.00 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	41st (h)	200 m	20.93

References

1. French athletics records
2. 1987 World Indoor Championships, men's 200 m final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
3. 1987 European Indoor Championships, men's 200 m final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite

External links

• Gilles Quénéhervé profile at IAAF