Stéphan Buckland

Stéphan Buckland
Buckland in a 200-meter run at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki
nation	Mauritius
birthday	January 12, 1977
place of birth	Floreal , Mauritius
size	1.78 cm
Weight	70 kg
Career
discipline	100 m , 200 m , 4 × 100 m relay
status	not active
Medal table
Commonwealth Games silver 2006 Melbourne 200 m  African Championships silver 2000 Algiers 100 m silver 2000 Algiers 4 × 100 m silver 2006 Bambous 200 m silver 2008 Addis Ababa 200 m  Games of the Francophonie gold 2001 Ottawa 100 m gold 2001 Ottawa 200 m gold 2001 Ottawa 4 × 100 m silver 2009 Beirut 200 m silver 2009 Beirut 4 × 100 m Indian Ocean Island Games silver 1998 Saint-Denis 100 m gold 2003 Reduit 100 m gold 2003 Reduit 200 m gold 2003 Reduit 4 × 100 m
last change: July 14, 2012

Stéphan Buckland (also spelled Stéphane Buckland ; born January 12, 1977 in Floréal near Curepipe ) is a former Mauritian track and field athlete who started in particular over 200 meters .

Buckland's first major international appearance was at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton. With a time of 20.24 seconds, he finished sixth in the final run over 200 meters. Two years later at the World Championships in Paris, he climbed to fifth place. It ran for 20.41 s. This placement and the good performance at numerous international sports festivals entitled him to participate in the IAAF World Finals . He finished third in Monte Carlo .

In 2004 it made its Olympic premiere at the Athens Games . He finished sixth in 20.24 s. This year he was again at the IAAF World Finals , and again he finished third.

The 2005 World Championships in Helsinki gave Buckland another fifth world championship place. In the final, he ran half the stadium lap in 20.41 s.

The man from Mauritius won a medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games . With 20.47 seconds he had the same time as the winner Omar Brown (Jamaica) in the final run , but still had to admit defeat - he won silver. He also landed silver at the 2006 and 2008 African Championships.

Stéphan Buckland had a competition weight of 70 kg with a height of 1.78 m. He is married and has one daughter.

Web links

• Official website of Stéphan Buckland
• Stéphane Buckland in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Portrait at IAAF - Focus on Athletes ( Memento from March 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), August 24, 2004 (updated on September 11, 2006)