Marie-Christine Cazier

Marie -Christine Cazier (temporarily Cazier - Ballo, born August 23, 1963 in Paris ) is a French former sprinter and hurdler. Her biggest success was the silver medal in the 200 - meter race at the European Championships in 1986.

In the Indoor Athletics Championships in Milan in 1982, she was fifth in the 60 s - meter race in 7.35. In the summer at the European Athletics Championships in Athens, she was s Eighth over 200 meters in 23.08. With Laurence Bily, Rose- Aimee Bacoul and Liliane Gaschet they won in the 4 x 100 - meter relay in 42.69 s bronze behind the torpedoes from the German Democratic Republic and the United Kingdom.

In 1983 they occupied at the European Indoor Championships in Budapest in sixth place on 60 m. At the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, she left about 200 meters from the quarter-finals, in the season they finished seventh in 43.40 s

In 1984 she won silver behind s Jarmila Kratochvílová at the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg over 200 m in 23.68. At the IAAF World Indoor Games in Paris in 1985 she finished in 23.33 s again finished second, this time behind Marita Koch.

In the EM 1986 in Stuttgart Cazier improved already in the 200-meter semifinals their French national record to 22.45 s, but was in this semi-final second only behind Silke Gladisch from the GDR. In the final Cazier undercutting in 22.32 seconds again their record and won silver behind Heike Drechsler and before Silke Gladisch. With the French relay race they finished fourth in 43.11 s.

1987 reached Cazier at the European Indoor Championships in Liévin third place over 200 meters in 23.40 seconds behind Kirsten Emmelmann from the GDR and Blanca Lacambra from Spain. At the World Championships in Rome Cazier missed over 200 meters into the finals in 22.89 s only just. In the relay, they finished eighth and last place in the final. Even less success they had with their single at the Olympics in 1988 in Seoul. About 200 meters Cazier difference in the quarterfinals of, in the season, she qualified for the finals though, but was not used in the final, in which the French relay finished seventh.

At the European Championships in 1990 in Split difference Cazier - Ballo, as they now called for Marriage, in the first round of the 400 - meter hurdles race from.

Her last grand finale she reached at the World Indoor Championships in 1991 in Seville. In the 4 x 400 - meter relay, she was with the French team's fifth.

Four times she became French champion in the 200 m ( 1985-1988), once more than 100 m (1985 ) and twice in the 400m hurdles (1990, 1991). In the hall she was four times national champion in the 200 m (1984, 1985, 1987, 1990) and shared the 1981 title over 60 m with Laurence Bily.

Marie -Christine Cazier - Ballo is 1,78 m tall and weighs 58 kg.

Personal Best

  • 60 m (Hall ): 7.28 s, March 7, 1982 Milan
  • 100 m: 11.23 s, July 22, 1986, Paris
  • 200 m: 22.32 s, August 29, 1986, Stuttgart Hall: 23.33 s, January 18, 1985, Paris
France 1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships 60 metres 1982 European Athletics Championships 4 × 100 metres relay 1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships 1983 World Championships in Athletics 1986 European Athletics Championships Silke Möller 1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships 1987 World Championships in Athletics 1990 European Athletics Championships 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships 4 × 400 metres relay 400 metres Avignon La Chaux-de-Fonds
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