Quentin Bigot

Quentin Bigot
nation	France
birthday	1st December 1992 (age 27)
place of birth	Hayange , France
size	177 cm
Weight	90 kg
Career
discipline	Hammer throw
Best performance	78.58 m
society	Athletisme Metz Metropole
Trainer	Pierre-Jean Vazel
status	active
Medal table
World championships 0 × 1 × 0 × U23 European Championships 0 × 0 × 1 × U20 European Championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
World championships silver Doha 2019 Hammer throw  U23 European Championships bronze Tampere 2013 Hammer throw  U20 European Championships gold Tallinn 2011 Hammer throw
last change: October 3, 2019

Quentin Bigot (born December 1, 1992 in Hayange , Moselle ) is a French athlete who specializes in hammer throwing. In 2019 he won the silver medal at the World Championships in Doha .

Athletic career

Quentin Bigot comes from the north-east of France. He lives and trains in Metz . Since 2009 he has appeared in competitions on an international level. He qualified for the U18 World Championships in Brixen, Italy. There he failed as seventh in his qualification group and ended up in 13th place. A year later he took part in the U20 World Championships in Moncton, Canada. In this age group, the weight of the hammer increased from 5 to 6 kilograms. Nevertheless, he threw more than 6 meters further than a year earlier and is 7th in the final.

Another year later he celebrated his first major success with his victory at the U20 European Championships in Tallinn . He threw 78.45 m in the final. In 2012 he entered the men's competition with a casting weight of 7.26 kg. He qualified for the European Championships in Helsinki and the Olympic Games in London . In both competitions he finished 24th, although he threw around two meters further at the Olympics than before at the European Championships. In 2013 he threw 74.98 m at the World Championships in Moscow and thus narrowly missed the entry into the final of the twelve best in 13th place. Before that, he won the bronze medal at the U23 European Championships in Tampere with a smooth 74 meters.

In July 2014 he was suspended for four years (two of which were on probation) for doping. Before that, he set his personal best of 78.58 m in the spring, which is still up to date (as of 2019).

In 2017 he appeared again for the first time at international championships at the World Championships in London . There he qualified as second in his qualification group. In the final he reached 77.67 m, which meant fourth place in the end. At the European Championships in Berlin in 2018 , he already failed in qualifying. At the 2019 World Championships in Doha , he achieved his greatest sporting success to date by winning the silver medal. With 78.19 m he threw exactly one centimeter further than the third-placed Hungarian Bence Halász .

Major competitions

year	event	place	space	discipline	Expanse
Starts for France
2009	U18 world championships	Brixen	13.	Hammer throw	65.33 m (5 kg)
2010	U20 world championships	Moncton	7th	Hammer throw	71.51 m (6 kg)
2011	U20 European Championships	Tallinn	1.	Hammer throw	78.45 m (6 kg)
2012	European championships	Helsinki	24.	Hammer throw	70.78 m
	Olympic games	London	24.	Hammer throw	72.42 m
2013	U23 European Championships	Tampere	3.	Hammer throw	74.00 m
	World championships	Moscow	13.	Hammer throw	74.98 m
2017	World championships	London	4th	Hammer throw	77.76 m
2018	European championships	Berlin	16.	Hammer throw	72.73 m
2019	World championships	Doha	2.	Hammer throw	78.19 m

Personal best

• Hammer throw: 78.58 m, March 8, 2014, Chateauroux

Web links

• Quentin Bigot in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Quentin Bigot in the database of European Athletics (English)
• Quentin Bigot in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Quentin Bigot suspendu quatre ans dont deux avec sursis. L'Équipe , July 21, 2014, accessed October 6, 2019 (French).