Lina Jacques-Sébastien
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Competitor for  France
| ||
| Women's athletics | ||
| European Championships | ||
| Silver | 2010 Barcelona | 4 x 100 m relay |
| Mediterranean Games | ||
| Silver | 2005 Almería | 200 metres |
| European U23 Championships | ||
| Gold | 2005 Erfurt | 4 x 100 m relay |
| Silver | 2005 Erfurt | 100 m |
Lina Jacques-Sébastien (born 10 April 1985 in Créteil, France) is a French sprint athlete who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres.
Biography
She finished sixth in the 100 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships,[1] and also won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay.[2] She won the silver medal in the 100 metres at the 2005 European U23 Championships,[3] and in the 200 metres at the 2005 Mediterranean Games.[4] She competed at the 2005 European Indoor Championships and the 2009 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final.[1]
In the 4 x 100 metres relay she finished fourth at the 2005 World Championships.[5] She also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games together with Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, Myriam Soumaré and Carima Louami, but in their first round heat they did not finish and were eliminated due to a mistake with the baton exchange. Jacques-Sebastien later won a silver medal at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie.
Her personal best times are 7.35 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor), achieved in February 2008 in Bordeaux; 11.30 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Sotteville-lès-Rouen; and 22.59 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona.[1]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing France | |||||
| 2003 | European Junior Championships | Tampere, Finland | 11th (h) | 100 m | 11.91 |
| 1st | 4x100 m relay | 44.60 | |||
| 2004 | World Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 3rd | 4x100 m relay | 43.68 |
| 2005 | European Indoor Championships | Madrid, Spain | 5th (sf) | 200 m | 23.49 |
| Mediterranean Games | Almería, Spain | 2nd | 200 m | 23.75 | |
| 1st | 4x100 m relay | 43.75 | |||
| European U23 Championships | Erfurt, Germany | 2nd | 100 m | 11.46 | |
| 1st | 4x100 m relay | 44.22 | |||
| World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 4th | 4x100 m relay | 42.85 | |
| 2007 | Universiade | Bangkok, Thailand | 12th (sf) | 100 m | 11.98 |
| 2009 | European Indoor Championships | Turin, Italy | 18th (h) | 60 m | 7.43 |
| Jeux de la Francophonie | Beirut, Lebanon | 6th | 200 m | 24.80 | |
| 2nd | 4x100 m relay | 45.19 | |||
| 2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 5th | 200 m | 22.59 |
| 2nd | 4x100 m relay | 42.45 | |||
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 5th | 4x100 m relay | 42.70 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lina Jacques-Sébastien profile at IAAF
- ↑ "4x100 Metres Relay - W - Final". IAAF. 18 July 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
- ↑ "European Under 23 Championships and Cup". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
- ↑ "Mediterranean Games". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
- ↑ "Women 4x100m Relay World Championship 2005 Helsinki (FIN)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 16 March 2010.