Marc Raquil

Marc Raquil

Marc Raquil (born 2 April 1977 in Créteil) is a French runner of Martiniquais origin who competes in the 400 metres and 4x400m relay. He won the 4x400m relay gold medal and the 400m silver medal at the 2003 World Championships. Besides, he won three gold medals and one bronze medal at the European Indoor and Outdoor Championships.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	3rd	400 metres
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	4th	4x400m relay
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	2nd	400 metres
	World Championships	Paris, France	1st	4x400m relay
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	5th	400 metres
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	1st	4x400m relay
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	4x400m relay
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	1st	400 metres
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	1st	4x400m relay

Outdoor personal bests

200 metres - 21.03 (2001)
400 metres - 44.79 (2003)
800 metres - 1:50.90 (2003)

External links

Marc Raquil profile at IAAF
Marc Raquil at Sports Reference

World Champions in Men's 4×400 m Relay

1983: Soviet Union 1987: United States 1991: Great Britain 1993 & 1995: United States 1997: Great Britain 1999: Poland 2001: Bahamas 2003: France 2005–2013: United States

2003: France (Leslie Djhone, Naman Keïta, Stéphane Diagana & Marc Raquil)

European Champions in Men's 400 m

1934: Adolf Metzner (GER)
1938: Godfrey Brown (GBR)
1946: Niels Holst-Sørensen (DEN)
1950: Derek Pugh (GBR)
1954: Ardalion Ignatyev (URS)
1958: John Wrighton (GBR)
1962: Robbie Brightwell (GBR)
1966: Stanisław Grędziński (POL)
1969: Jan Werner (POL)
1971: David Jenkins (GBR)
1974: Karl Honz (FRG)
1978: Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FRG)
1982: Hartmut Weber (FRG)
1986: Roger Black (GBR)
1990: Roger Black (GBR)
1994: Du'aine Ladejo (GBR)
1998: Iwan Thomas (GBR)
2002: Ingo Schultz (GER)
2006: Marc Raquil (FRA)
2010: Kevin Borlée (BEL)
2012: Pavel Maslák (CZE)
2014: Martyn Rooney (GBR)

European Champions in Men's 4 x 400 m relay

1934: Germany (Hamann, Scheele, Voigt, Metzner)
1938: Germany (Blazejezak, Bues, Linnhoff, Harbig)
1946: France (Santona, Cros, Chef d’Hôtel, Lunis)
1950: Great Britain (Pike, Lewis, Scott, Pugh)
1954: France (Haarhoff, Degats, Martin-du-Gard, Goudeau)
1958: Great Britain (Sampson, MacIsaac, Wrighton, Salisbury)
1962: West Germany (Kindermann, Schmitt, Reske, Kinder)
1966: Poland (Werner, Borowski, Grędziński, Badeński)
1969: France (Bertould, Nicolau, Carette, Nallet)
1971: West Germany (Schlöske, Jordan, Jellinghaus, Köhler)
1974: Great Britain (Cohen, Hartley, Pascoe, Jenkins)
1978: West Germany (Weppler, Hofmeister, Herrmann, Schmid)
1982: West Germany (Skamrahl, Schmid, Giessing, Weber)
1986: Great Britain (Redmond, Akabusi, Whittle, Black)
1990: Great Britain (Sanders, Akabusi, Regis, Black)
1994: Great Britain (McKenzie, Black, Whittle, Ladejo)
1998: Great Britain (Hylton, Baulch, Thomas, Richardson)
2002: Great Britain (Deacon, Elias, Baulch, Caines)
2006: France (Djhone, M'Barke, Keïta, Raquil)
2010: Russia (Dyldin, Aksyonov, Krasnov, Trenikhin)
2012: Belgium (Gillet, J. Borlée, Bouckaert, K. Borlée)
2014: Great Britain (Rooney, Bingham, Williams, Hudson-Smith)