Phara Anacharsis

Phara Anacharsis
Anacharsis in Reims 2013
nation	France
birthday	17th December 1983 (age 36)
place of birth	Fort-de-France ,  Martinique
size	177 cm
Weight	66 kg
Career
discipline	400 meter run
Best performance	50.87 s
society	Lille Metropole Athletisme
Trainer	Bruno Gajer
National squad	since 2000
status	active
Medal table
European championships 1 × 2 × 0 × Mediterranean Games 1 × 2 × 0 ×
European championships gold Zurich 2014 4 × 400 m silver Helsinki 2012 4 × 400 m silver Amsterdam 2016 4 × 400 m  Mediterranean Games gold Pescara 2009 400 m hurdles silver Almería 2005 400 m silver Almería 2005 4 × 400 m
last change: March 21, 2017

Phara Anacharsis (born December 17, 1983 in Fort-de-France , Martinique ) is a French athlete who specializes in the 400-meter run . She achieved her greatest international success as a member of the French 4 x 400 meter relay .

Athletic career

Phara Anacharsis started her career in 2000 and was able to win her first medals over 400 meters and with the French 4 x 400 meters relay at the Mediterranean Games in Almería , Spain . In the same year she also won medals at the Francophonie Games . In 2006 she was a member of the French relay for the European Championships in Gothenburg , which finished sixth in the final. Both at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka and at the Olympic Games in Beijing , Anacharsis was eliminated with the relay in the preliminary round. In 2009 she won the 400 meter hurdles at the Mediterranean Games.

Anacharsis achieved her most important international success to date at the European Championships in 2012 , when she won the relay silver medal with Marie Gayot , Lénora Guion Firmin and Floria Gueï . At the Olympic Games in London , the French relay team was sixth in the line-up Anacharsis, Hurtis, Gayot and Gueï.

In 2013, Anacharsis remained without an international medal. Both at the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg and at the World Championships in Moscow , she took fourth place in the relay competitions. Over 400 meters hurdles she was eliminated in the preliminary round. She finally won her first title at a major international event at the European Championships in Zurich . As a substitute runner, she was part of the victorious French long sprint relay.

At the European Championships in Amsterdam in 2016 , she won the silver medal with the relay and made it through the hurdles to the semi-finals. She secured her starting place in the relay at her third Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and also qualified over 400 meter hurdles. In both competitions, however, she was eliminated in the preliminary round.

Top performances

• 200 meters: 23.39 s (+0.8 m / s), on August 12, 2007 in La Chaux-de-Fonds
  • Hall: 23.43 s, on February 26, 2008 in Aubière
• 400 meters: 51.87 s, on June 30, 2008 in Patras
  • Hall: 52.70 s, on February 24, 2013 in Metz
• 400 meter hurdles: 55.84 s, on June 7, 2016 in Montreuil

Web links

Commons : Phara Anacharsis  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Phara Anacharsis in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Phara Anacharsis in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/14th-iaaf-world-championships-4873/timetable/bydiscipline