Laurent Hernu

Laurent Hernu ( born August 22, 1976 in Creil ) is a French decathlete.

Hernu began at the age of eleven years with the Athletics and was initially trained by his father, a former javelin thrower and multiple fighters. By the way, he ran numerous other sports such as soccer and karate, before focusing on athletics. Not wanting to be limited to a single discipline, he chose a career as a multi-event athlete. Hernu was nine times French champion, three times in the decathlon (2000, 2002, 2003 ) and six times in a row in the heptathlon in the hall ( 2000-2005). His first Olympic participation he graduated in 2000 in Sydney, where he finished in 19th place in the decathlon. At the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton in 2001 he was eighth and at the European Athletics Championships in Munich in 2002 seventh.

His strongest season had Hernu 2003. At the World Championships in Paris, he finished fifth. He also won the Décastar in Talence and Challenge was third in the IAAF World Combined Events rating. At the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, he finished in seventh place. The same position he reached in the heptathlon at the IAAF European Indoor Championships 2005 in Madrid.

Laurent Hernu is 1,91 m tall and has a competition weight of 89 kg. He started for the Stade Nogent -sur -Oise AC and VGA Compiègne. It shows especially in running and jumping area good performance, but reveals weaknesses in the throwing events.

Bests

Free air:

  • Decathlon: 8280 points, 6/7 August 2001 Edmonton
  • 100 m: 10.93 s, June 5, 2004 Arles
  • 400 m: 48.62 s, 25 September 2004, Talence
  • 1500 m: 4:24,35 min, August 24, 2004, Athens
  • 110m hurdles: 14.01 s, August 7, 2001 Edmonton
  • High jump: 2,10 m, 29 September 2000 Talence
  • Pole Vault: 5.15m, September 16 2001, Talence
  • Long Jump: 7.56 m 20 September, 2003, Talence
  • Shot Put: 14,90 m, September 13, 2008, Talence
  • Discus throw: 48.32 m, May 23, 2004 in Nogent -sur -Oise
  • Javelin: 60.14 m, 16 September 2001, Talence

Hall:

  • Heptathlon: 6190 points, 28 February / 1 March 2003 Aubière
  • 60 m: 7.11 s, 28 February 2003 Aubière
  • 1000 m: 2:41,83 min, March 16, 2003 Birmingham
  • 60m hurdles: 8.01 s, 1 March 2003 Aubière
  • High Jump: 2.07m, February 14, 1998, Bordeaux
  • Pole Vault: 5,10 m, 13th February 2003, Nogent -sur -Oise
  • Long jump: 7,49 m, ​​28 February 2003 Aubière
  • Shot Put: 14,59 m, 9 February 2002 Vienna
2001 World Championships in Athletics 2002 European Athletics Championships IAAF World Combined Events Challenge 2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships 400 metres Nogent-sur-Oise 60 metres Middle-distance running#1000 m
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