Thierry Toutain

Thierry Toutain ( born February 14, 1962 in Four Mies ) is a French former track and field athlete. The 1.82 m wide and competition 75kg Toutain presented in 1996 the world record in the 50,000 - meter track going on.

Career

Toutain 1988 won his first French league title on the 50 - km route. In the same year he took over 20 km of the Olympic Games in Seoul and took part there after 1:22:55 hours 18th place

In 1989, he won his first title on the 20 - km route, he defended this title in 1990 and 1991. 1990 at the European Championships in Split, he went 1:23:22 hours and received bronze behind the antretenden for Czechoslovakia Slovaks Pavol Blazek and the Spaniard Daniel Plaza. At the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, he achieved the best World Cup result of his career: After 1:21:22 hours, he finished ninth and was exactly one minute behind the bronze medal.

At the European Championships in Helsinki in 1994 Toutain occurred at about 50 km. At the finish he was more than two and a half minutes behind the winner Russian Valeri Spizyn. Toutain supplied with the Italian Giovanni Perricelli to the finish line a duel for silver, after 3:43:52 hours Toutain had in the target three seconds ahead of Perricelli.

His last top places at a major international event reached Toutain at the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, when he finished tenth after 1:21:56 hours. After Toutain had in 1994 set a new European record in the 50,000 - meter track walking, René Piller had then undercut with world record, he improved on 29 September 1996 in Héricourt in turn the world record of his compatriot to the still valid today record of 3:40:57 hours. (2007)

Championship

  • 20 km Walk: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996
  • 50 km Walk: 1988, 1993, 1996, 1997

Bests

  • 20 km Walking: 1:20:43 Hour (1997)
  • 50,000 m Walk: 3:40:57 Hour (1996 )
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