Jean-Charles Trouabal

Jean -Charles Trouabal ( born May 20, 1965 in Paris ) is a French former track and field athlete and Olympian. At a height of 1.87 m his competition weight was 77 kg.

At the 1988 Olympic Games Trouabal retired in the second round in the 100 -meter run. In the season he was not used. 1990 Trouabal first won the French league title in the 200 -meter run. By 1995, five more titles to follow.

At the European Championships in 1990 in Split Trouabal was actually intended only for the 200 -meter run. Here he won in 20.31 s silver behind the Briton John Regis. For the season was actually Gilles Quenéhervé set. However Quenéhervé fell out due to illness and Trouabal moved for him in the 4 x 100 - meter relay. The finale on September 1, 1990, the ambitious expectations. The British ran 37.98 s, but that was enough only to silver, because the French squadron in the cast Max Morinière, Daniel Sangouma, Jean -Charles Trouabal and Bruno Marie-Rose ran 37.79 s world record. For the first time since the 1968 season in Jamaica for a day held the world record, was the world record not in possession of the season from the United States. In the same year the four sprinters from the sports newspaper L' Équipe France's athletes of the year ( " champion of champions" ) were elected.

On August 7, 1991 at the meeting world-class Zurich U.S. season improved the world record to 37.67 seconds, the French squadron was with 38.39 s back significantly, even though they took the same line as in Split. At the 1991 World Championships Trouabal was about 200 meters sixth. In the season finale, the U.S. sprinter improved her world record of 37.50 s, Morinière, Sangouma, Trouabal and Marie-Rose won with 37.87 s silver from the British.

At the Olympic Games in 1992, Trouabal injured in the run over 200 meters. At the World Championships in 1993 Trouabal was about 200 meters again in sixth. The French squadron was disqualified in the semifinals.

At the European Championships in Helsinki in 1994 Trouabal occupied more than 200 meters in 20.70 s fifth place and was just two hundredths of a second behind in third place. The squadron won in the cast Hermann Lomba, Eric Perrot, Jean -Charles Trouabal and Daniel Sangouma in 38.57 s the title again.

At the end of his career Trouabal reached at the 1995 World Championships again in the 200 -meter run and in the season, the semi-finals.

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Bruno Marie-Rose and Jean -Charles Trouabal were both born on May 20, 1965.