Vicaut celebrating gold at the 2011 European Junior Championships |
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| Nationality | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 February 1992 Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis, France |
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| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (180 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) |
100m: 10.07 s (Tallinn 2011) |
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Medal record
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Jimmy Vicaut (born 27 February 1992) is a French sprinter, who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He won the bronze medal at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Moncton, Canada and promptly travelled to Barcelona to help the French men's 4×100 metres relay team to the gold medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships.
Vicaut's personal best over 100 metres, 10.07 seconds, is the third fastest time ever run by a European junior, behind only Christophe Lemaitre (10.04) and Dwain Chambers (10.06).[1]
At the French national championships in Albi on 29 July 2011, Vicaut finished second behind Christophe Lemaitre, tying his personal best of 10.07 sec. Lemaitre set a new French national record with 9.92 sec.[2]
At the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, Vicaut became only the second junior to ever run in a World Championship 100 metre final, after Darrel Brown in 2003. Vicaut finished sixth with 10.27 sec, while his fellow countryman Lemaitre finished fourth with 10.19 sec.
His younger brother, Willy, also an athlete, competes in the shot put.[3]
| Distance | Time | venue |
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| 100m | 10.07 s | Tallinn (22 July 2011) |
| 200m | 21.02 s | Montgeron (12 June 2010) |
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