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French track and field athlete
Leslie Djhone
Djhone (left) at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Nationality
French Born (1981-03-18 ) 18 March 1981 (age 43)
Abidjan ,
Ivory Coast Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Weight 76 kg (168 lb) Sport
sprinting
Leslie Djhone (born 18 March 1981 in
Abidjan ,
Ivory Coast ) is a French
track and field athlete who competes in the
400 metres and
4 x 400 metres relay .
Djhone won the 400 metres gold medal at the
2011 European Indoor Championships and the 400 metres bronze medal at the
2006 European Championships . In the final of the 400m event, he finished 4th at the
2003 World Championships , 5th at the
2007 World Championships , 8th at the
2009 World Championships , 7th at the
2004 Olympics and 5th at the
2008 Olympics .
Djhone has also enjoyed some success in the
4x400 metres relay , the highlight being a gold medal each at the 2003 World Championships, 2011 European Indoor Championships and 2006 European Championships. He also won the bronze medal at the 2002 European Championships.
Djhone set a new
national outdoor record of 44.46 seconds in the semi-finals of the
400 m event at the
2007 World Championships in
Osaka ,
Japan .
Djhone set a new
national indoor record in the 400 m with a run of 45.85 seconds at the 2010 French Athletics Championships, taking 17 hundredths of a second off
Stéphane Diagana 's 18-year-old mark.
[1] In 2011, he won the 400 m (in a new
national indoor record time of 45.54 seconds) and the 4 × 400 m relay gold medals at the
2011 European Indoor Championships .
Personal bests
Results in international competitions
Note: Only the position in the final is indicated
Leslie Djhone at the
2008 Olympics .
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing
France
1998
World Junior Championships
Annecy ,
France
15th (q)
Long jump
7.46 m (wind: -0.3 m/s)
1999
European Junior Championships
Riga ,
Latvia
1st
4 × 100 m relay
39.49
2000
World Junior Championships
Santiago ,
Chile
2nd
4 × 100 m relay
39.33
2001
European U23 Championships
Amsterdam ,
Netherlands
4th
Long jump
7.80 m (wind: 0.2 m/s)
4th
4 × 100 m relay
40.02
2002
European Championships
Munich ,
Germany
3rd
4 × 400 m relay
3:02.76
2003
European U23 Championships
Bydgoszcz ,
Poland
1st
400 m
45.04
2nd
4 × 100 m relay
39.38
World Championships
Paris ,
France
4th
400 m
44.83
1st
4 × 400 m relay
2:58.96
2004
Olympic Games
Athens ,
Greece
7th
400 m
44.94
Athens ,
Greece
eliminated in the 1st round heats
4 × 400 m relay
3:04.39
IAAF World Athletics Final
Monte Carlo ,
Monaco
4th
400 m
45.26
European Cup
Bydgoszcz ,
Poland
3rd
400 m
45.73
2005
World Championships
Helsinki ,
Finland
eliminated in the 1st round heats
400 m
46.57
Helsinki ,
Finland
6th
4 × 400 m relay
3:03.10
2006
European Championships
Gothenburg ,
Sweden
3rd
400m
45.40
1st
4 × 400 m relay
3:01.10
European Cup
Málaga ,
Spain
1st
4 × 400 m relay
3:03.59
2007
World Championships
Osaka ,
Japan
5th
400 m
44.59
Osaka ,
Japan
eliminated in the 1st round heats
4 × 400 m relay
3:04.45
European Cup
Munich ,
Germany
1st
400 m
45.54
2008
Olympic Games
Beijing ,
China
5th
400 m
45.11
2009
World Championships
Berlin ,
Germany
8th
400 m
45.90
Berlin ,
Germany
7th
4 × 400 m relay
3:02.65
2010
European Championships
Barcelona ,
Spain
6th
400 m
45.30
Barcelona ,
Spain
6th
4 × 400 m relay
3:03.85
European Team Championships
Bergen ,
Norway
2nd
400 m
45.72
2011
European Indoor Championships
Paris ,
France
1st
400 m
45.54
1st
4 × 400 m relay
3:06.17
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