Stéphane Diagana

Stéphane Diagana ( born July 23, 1969 in Saint- Affrique ) is a former French hurdler, the 1997 world champion on his special discipline 400m hurdles and 2003 won a second world title with the 400 m relay. Stand in 2013, he still holds the European record over the hurdle track.

Career

At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, ​​he finished fourth. On July 7, 1995, he presented to the current European record of 47.37 s in Lausanne.

At the World Championships, he won three individual medals. 1995 in Gothenburg he finished third in 1997 in Athens, he won the title in 1999 in Seville, he finished second.

With the Season Diagana 1994 second at the European Championships over 400 meters hurdles he won bronze. At the European Championships 2002, he was then over the hurdle track champions.

At the World Championships 2003, the French 4 x 400 - meter relay team came in the cast Leslie Djhone, Naman Keïta, Stéphane Diagana and Marc Raquil to second place behind the U.S. season. Because of the doping scandal at the American Calvin Harrison, the French squadron was subsequently declared a world champion.

Stéphane Diagana ran the New York City Marathon in 2005 in 3:07:40 hours, just behind Laurent Jalabert who needed 2:55:15 hours.

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