Lina Jacques-Sébastien
Lina Jacques-Sébastien (born April 10, 1985 in Créteil ) is a French sprinter .
Internationally, Jacques-Sébastien made his first appearance at the 2004 Junior World Championships in Athletics in Grosseto. There she won the bronze medal with the French 4 x 100 meter relay and finished sixth in the 100 meter run . At the U23 European Athletics Championships in 2005 in Erfurt, she won the relay title and the silver medal over 100 meters. In the 200-meter dash , she was sixth. During this season she also established herself in the adult sector. At the Mediterranean Games in Almería , she won the silver medal in the 200-meter run, and at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki , she finished fourth with the French 4-by-100-meter relay.
At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, Jacques-Sébastien was also a member of the national relay, which, however, was eliminated due to a mistake in the preliminary run. She was much more successful at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. Together with Myriam Soumaré , Véronique Mang and Christine Arron, she won the silver medal in the relay behind Ukraine and ahead of Poland. In the 200-meter run, Jacques-Sébastien finished fifth with a personal best of 22.59 s.
Lina Jacques-Sébastien is 1.74 m tall and has a competition weight of 62 kg. She starts for the US Créteil and has been trained by Samba-Koundy Giscard since 2008.
Top performances
- 100 m: 11.30 s, June 15, 2008, Sotteville-lès-Rouen
- 200 m: 22.59 s, July 31, 2010, Barcelona
- 60 m (hall): 7.35 s, February 16, 2008, Bordeaux
Web links
- Lina Jacques-Sébastien in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Lina Jacques-Sébastien in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Athlete portrait of Lina Jacques-Sébastien on the French Athletics Federation website (French)
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SURNAME | Jacques-Sébastien, Lina |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | french sprinter |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1985 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Créteil |