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French athlete
Stéphane Diagana (born 23 July 1969 in
Saint-Affrique ,
Aveyron ) is a retired, French
track and field
sprinter and
hurdler . His specialities were the
400 metres hurdles and the
4 x 400 metres relay .
Diagana won the
400 metres hurdles gold medal at the
1997 World Championships in
Athens and the
4 x 400 metres relay gold medal at the
2003 World Championships in
Paris . In 2002 he won the
400 metres hurdles gold medal at the
European Championships in
Munich . Diagana also set a new,
European 400 metres hurdles outdoor record of 47.37 sec. in
Lausanne ,
Switzerland on 5 July 1995. This record stood until June 2019.
In his only Olympic appearance, Diagana finished in fourth position in the final of the
400 metres hurdles of the
1992 Olympics in
Barcelona . In that Olympics, his
4 x 400 metres relay team was eliminated in the heats.
Diagana retired from competition in 2004
[1] and became a television commentator and advisor to the
Fédération française d'athlétisme (French Athletics Federation).
[2]
On 7 April 2008, Diagana was an Olympic torch runner for the
2008 Olympics . While he was running with the torch in
Paris , Paris city councillor
Sylvain Garel tried to snatch it from his hands.
[3]
On 21 January 2011, Diagana was seriously injured in road accident while he was cycling along a road of the Col de Vence in the
department of
Alpes-Maritimes in southeast
France . He was airlifted by helicopter to a hospital in
Nice . He suffered head injuries and although in a serious condition, he did not lose consciousness.
[2]
He is married to
Odile Lesage , with whom he has three children.
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1983 :
Sergey Lovachov ,
Aliaksandr Trashchyla ,
Nikolay Chernetskiy ,
Viktor Markin (URS)
1987 :
Danny Everett ,
Roddie Haley ,
Antonio McKay ,
Butch Reynolds ,
Michael Franks ,
Raymond Pierre (USA)
1991 :
Roger Black ,
Derek Redmond ,
John Regis ,
Kriss Akabusi ,
Ade Mafe ,
Mark Richardson (GBR)
1993 :
Andrew Valmon ,
Quincy Watts ,
Butch Reynolds ,
Michael Johnson ,
Antonio Pettigrew ,
Derek Mills (USA)
1995 :
Marlon Ramsey ,
Derek Mills ,
Butch Reynolds ,
Michael Johnson ,
Kevin Lyles ,
Darnell Hall (USA)
1997 :
Iwan Thomas ,
Roger Black ,
Jamie Baulch ,
Mark Richardson ,
Mark Hylton (GBR)
1999 :
Tomasz Czubak ,
Robert Maćkowiak ,
Jacek Bocian ,
Piotr Haczek ,
Piotr Długosielski (POL)
2001 :
Troy McIntosh ,
Avard Moncur ,
Carl Oliver ,
Timothy Munnings ,
Chris Brown (BAH)
2003 :
Ahmed Douhou ,
Naman Keïta ,
Stéphane Diagana ,
Marc Raquil ,
Leslie Djhone (FRA)
2005 :
Andrew Rock ,
Derrick Brew ,
Darold Williamson ,
Jeremy Wariner ,
Miles Smith ,
LaShawn Merritt (USA)
2007 :
LaShawn Merritt ,
Angelo Taylor ,
Darold Williamson ,
Jeremy Wariner ,
Bershawn Jackson ,
Kerron Clement (USA)
2009 :
Angelo Taylor ,
Jeremy Wariner ,
Kerron Clement ,
LaShawn Merritt ,
Lionel Larry ,
Bershawn Jackson (USA)
2011 :
Greg Nixon ,
Bershawn Jackson ,
Angelo Taylor ,
LaShawn Merritt ,
Jamaal Torrance ,
Michael Berry (USA)
2013 :
David Verburg ,
Tony McQuay ,
Arman Hall ,
LaShawn Merritt ,
James Harris ,
Joshua Mance (USA)
2015 :
David Verburg ,
Tony McQuay ,
Bryshon Nellum ,
LaShawn Merritt ,
Kyle Clemons ,
Vernon Norwood (USA)
2017 :
Jarrin Solomon ,
Jereem Richards ,
Machel Cedenio ,
Lalonde Gordon ,
Renny Quow (TRI)
2019 :
Fred Kerley ,
Michael Cherry ,
Wilbert London ,
Rai Benjamin ,
Tyrell Richard ,
Vernon Norwood ,
Nathan Strother (USA)
2022 :
Elija Godwin ,
Vernon Norwood ,
Bryce Deadmon ,
Trevor Bassitt ,
Champion Allison ,
Michael Norman (USA)
2023 :
Quincy Hall ,
Vernon Norwood ,
Justin Robinson ,
Rai Benjamin ,
Trevor Bassitt ,
Matthew Boling ,
Christopher Bailey (USA)
1951: France (
Degats ,
Martin-du-Gard ,
Clare ,
El Mabrouk )
1955: France (
Degats ,
Martin-du-Gard ,
Haarhoff ,
Galland )
1959: Greece (
Moragiemos ,
Kormalis ,
Georgopoulos ,
Sillis )
1963: France (
van Praagh ,
Leriche ,
Boccardo ,
Hiblot )
1967: Italy (
Ottolina ,
Puosi ,
Fusi ,
Bello )
1971: Italy (
Giovanardi ,
Puosi ,
Cellerino ,
Bello )
1975: Yugoslavia (
Ivičak ,
Čikić ,
Savić ,
Alebić )
1979: France (
Dubois ,
Demarthon ,
Fellice ,
Froissart )
1983: France (
Février ,
Llatser ,
Boussemart ,
Canti )
1987: Italy (
Pantone ,
Petrella ,
Montanari ,
Ribaud )
1991: Italy (
Vaccari ,
Aimar ,
Nuti ,
Grossi )
1993: France (
Rapnouil ,
Hilaire ,
Jaffory ,
Diagana )
1997: Algeria (
S.-A. Louahla ,
Talhaoui ,
Aichaoui ,
M. Louahla )
2001: Greece (
Oikonomidis ,
Lessis ,
Iakovakis ,
Dimotsios )
2005: Spain (
Canal ,
Testa ,
Barrios ,
Reina )
2009: Spain (
Martín ,
Ezquerro ,
Ujakpor ,
Orozco )
2013: Italy (
Valentini ,
Juarez ,
Tricca ,
Galvan )
2018: Italy (
Leonardi ,
Tricca ,
Galvan ,
Re )
2022: Algeria (
Bendjemaa ,
Ali Gouaned ,
Lahoulou ,
Moula )
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