Guillaume Thierry

400m Start for International Meet 2013

Guillaume Thierry (born 15 September 1986) is a track and field athlete from the Republic of Mauritius. He first represented his country at pole vault in which he competed at the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics held in Sherbrooke, Canada.[1] He now competes in the decathlon and holds the Mauritian national record set on 11-12 September 2013 in Nice, France at the VII Francophone Games.[2] He is the first Mauritian ever to score more than 7000 points in this event.[3]

Private life

Patrick Guillaume Llyod Thierry was born in Moka, La Clinique Mauricienne. He went to college at St Andrews School[4] and then attended the University of Mauritius[5] where he completed a Degree in Management in August 2008 and a Master in Human Resource Studies in November 2010. He also completed computer studies at ICL (Innovative and Creative Learning Ltd.[6] ) on Computer Repairs and Maintenance and Networking. On 15 December 2012, he got married to Anna-Louisa Leveque and on the 17th May 2013, Colleen, their daughter was born.

Finishing the 1500m for the International Meet 2013
Pole Vaulting

Sporting career

Thierry's was first coached by Jean Chelin and then by Jacque Dudal.[7][8][9] When Dudal had medical issues and left Mauritius for further medication Thierry trained alone for a while and then spent three weeks in South Africa with Bob Cervenka.[10] During this time he finished 13th, with a new National Record of 4.70m, at the World Youth Championships.[11] He was potted by decathlon coach Aleksandr Nevskiy and changed to this event after finishing his Higher School Certificate.

Personal bests

All events referenced from All-Athletics.com.[12]

Event Performance Note Place Date
100 metres 11.22
11.17		 Wind 1.3 m/s
+7.1 m/s		 Maputo
Arles		 11 September 2011
2 June 2007
400 metres 50.94 Madagascar 2007
1,500 metres 4:45.61 Nice, France 13 September 2013
110 metres hurdles 14.89 Mauritius 2011
High jump 1.92 Bambous, Mauritius April 2014
Pole vault 5.00 Madagascar 2007
Long jump 7.25 Wind 1.9 m/s Mauritius 10 April 2010
Shot put 15.25 Mauritius 16 April 2011
Discus throw 47.68 Maputo 12 September 2011
Javelin throw 66,39 France May 2014
Decathlon 7537 National record Bambous, Mauritius April 2014
Javelin Throw - International Meet 2013

International results

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2003 World Youth Championships Sherbrooke, Canada 13th Pole vault 4.70m [13]
2005 African Combined Events Championships Tunis, Tunisia 1st Decathlon (junior) 6697
African Junior Championships Radès, Tunisia 1st Decathlon 6838 [14]
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 8th Decathlon 6746 [15]
African Championships Bambous, Mauritius 5th Pole vault 4.20 m
6th Decathlon 6602
2007 Mauritian Championships Réduit, Mauritius 1st Decathlon 7192 [16]
All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria 5th Decathlon 7186
Indian Ocean Island Games Antananarivo, Madagascar 1st Decathlon 7283
2008 African Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia DNF Decathlon  –
2010 African Combined Events Championships Réduit, Mauritius 3rd Decathlon 7179
African Championships Nairobi, Kenya 3rd Decathlon 7100 [17]
5th Pole vault 4.20 m [17]
Commonwealth Games New Delhi, India 9th Decathlon 6875 [18]
2011 African Combined Events Championships Réduit, Mauritius 2nd Decathlon 7444
Indian Ocean Games Victoria, Seychelles 2nd Decathlon 7456 [19]
All Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 2nd Decathlon 7481
2012 African Combined Events Championships Réduit, Mauritius 2nd Decathlon 7356
African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 3rd Decathlon 6995 [20]
2013 African Combined Events Championships Réduit, Mauritius 1st Decathlon 7049
Francophone Games Nice, France 3rd Decathlon 7511 [21]
2014 African Combined Events Championships Bambous, Mauritius 2nd Decathlon 7537
Commonwealth Games Glasgow, Scotland 11th Decathlon 7303
African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 2nd Decathlon 7312

References

  1. ↑ "Honours". IAAF. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "ATHLÉTISME : Record de Maurice et médaille de bronze pour Guillaume Thierry". Le Mauricien. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Guillaume Thierry franchit le cap des 7 000 points". Lexpress. 20 April 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "St Andrews School". St Andrews. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "University of Mauritius". University of Mauritius. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Innovative and Creative Learning Ltd.". Mauritius Delight. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  7. ↑ Dudal, Jacques. "Hommage à un Grand Monsieur - Jacques Dudal". Le Mauricien. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  8. ↑ Chelin, Jean. "Questions à Jean Chelin, professeur d’EPS au collège Saint-Esprit". Lekip. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "Pole Vault". Wikipedia. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "Bob Cervenka - Head Coach". Jump High Athletic Club. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  11. ↑ "World Youth Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  12. ↑ All-Athletics.com
  13. ↑ "World Youth Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  14. ↑ http://www.lexpress.mu/article/guillaume-thierry-d%C3%A9croche-lor-avec-la-mani%C3%A8re
  15. ↑ "Thierry, premier finaliste mauricien". lexpress. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  16. ↑ "Guillaume Thierry franchit le cap des 7 000 points". Lexpress. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 TheSports.org Decathlon Results 2010
  18. ↑ http://www.les-sports.info/athletisme-jeux-du-commonwealth-2010-resultats-hommes-s5-c0-b0-g61-t4037-u279-v1.html#118673
  19. ↑ http://www.lemauricien.com/article/athl%C3%A9tisme-guillaume-thierry-d%C3%A9croche-l%E2%80%99argent-au-d%C3%A9cathlon
  20. ↑ TheSports.org Decathlon Results 2012
  21. ↑ http://comite-isere.athle.org/asp.net/espaces.news/news.aspx?id=135030