Nicolas Guigon

Nicolas Guigon
Personal information
Full name Nicolas Guigon
Nationality  France
Born (1980-10-10) 10 October 1980
Échirolles, France
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Pole vault
Club ASPTT Grenoble
Coached by Philippe d'Encausse
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) Pole vault: 5.75 (2004)

Nicolas Guigon (born October 10, 1980 in Échirolles) is a French pole vaulter.[1] Representing his nation France in the men's pole vault at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Guigon cleared a height at 5.75 metres to set his own personal best from the national athletics meet in Reims.[2] Throughout his sporting career, Guigon trained for the track and field club ASPTT Grenoble, under his personal coach, 1991 Mediterranean Games champion, and two-time Olympian Philippe d'Encausse (1988 and 1992).[3]

Guigon qualified for the French squad in the men's pole vault at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Two months before the Games, he registered a personal best clearance and an Olympic A-standard of 5.75 m to secure a spot on the French team at the national athletics meet in Reims.[2] During the prelims, Guigon started off with a single foul, until he successfully surpassed 5.30 m on the second attempt. Failing to clear his next targeted height of 5.50 m after three straight misses, Guigon shared a thirty-first spot with Poland's Adam Kolasa throughout the overall standings, and did not advance past the qualifying round.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Nicolas Guigon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Athlé Info – Lundi 26 Juillet 2004: Les performances de la semaine" [Athlé Info – Monday, June 26, 2004: The performance of the week] (in French). Athle.fr. 26 June 2004. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Athlé.fr Profile – Nicolas Guigon" (in French). Athle.fr. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's Pole Vault Qualification". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Doucouré, le sauveur" [Doucouré, the savior] (in French). Eurosport. 25 August 2004. Retrieved 17 March 2015.

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