Stéphane Diagana
Stéphane Diagana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
nation | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | July 23, 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Saint-Affrique | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
size | 186 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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discipline | Hurdles , sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best performance | 47.37 s ( 400 m hurdles ) 45.18 s ( 400 m ) |
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society | EA Franconville-le-Parisis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | resigned | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stéphane Diagana (born July 23, 1969 in Saint-Affrique ) is a former French hurdler who became world champion in his specialty 400 meter hurdles in 1997 and won a second world title in 2003 with the 4 x 400 meter relay . He held the European record over the hurdles until 2019. Diagana is an alumnus of ESCP Europe Business School.
Career
He finished fourth at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona . On July 7, 1995, he set the current European record of 47.37 seconds in Lausanne.
He won three individual medals at world championships. He finished third in Gothenburg in 1995 , won the title in Athens in 1997 and second in Seville in 1999 .
With the relay, Diagana finished second at the European Championships in 1994 , and won bronze over 400 meter hurdles. At the European Championships in 2002 he was then European champion over the hurdles.
At the 2003 World Championships , the French 4 x 400 meter relay team with Leslie Djhone , Naman Keïta , Stéphane Diagana and Marc Raquil came in second behind the US relay. Because of the doping affair with the American Calvin Harrison , the French relay was subsequently declared world champion. Diagana ran the New York City Marathon 2005 in 3:07:40 h, just behind Laurent Jalabert , who needed 2:55:15 h.
He is an alumnus of ESCP Europe Business School.
Web links
- Stéphane Diagana in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Stéphane Diagana in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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SURNAME | Diagana, Stéphane |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French hurdler |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1969 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Affrique |