Martial Mbandjock, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Martial Mbandjock

athletics competitor

Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1985

Place of Birth: Roubaix, Hauts-de-France, France

Profession: sprinter, athletics competitor

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Martial Mbandjock

  • Martial Mbandjock (born 14 October 1985 in Roubaix) is a French sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.
  • His personal best time is 10.06 seconds, achieved in July 2008 in Albi. He won the bronze medal in the 100 m at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships and reached the quarterfinals at the 2007 World Championships later that year.
  • He got to the semifinals at the 2008 World Indoor Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games.
  • He won his first national title at the outdoor French championships, running a personal best of 10.06 seconds in the 100 m, helped by good running conditions with a 1.7 m/s tailwind.At the 2008 Beijing Olympics he competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed second in his heat behind Richard Thompson in a time of 10.26 seconds.
  • He qualified for the second round in which he improved his time to 10.16 seconds, finishing third behind Thompson and Tyson Gay, reaching the semi finals.
  • There he was unable to achieve his final spot as he finished in 8th place in 10.18 seconds.
  • Together with Yannick Lesourd, Manuel Reynaert and Samuel Coco-Viloin he also competed at the 4x100 metres relay.
  • In their qualification heat they finished sixth in a time of 39.53 seconds, which meant elimination.In the 2009 season, Mbandjock began with modest times between 10.20 and 10.30 seconds.
  • He improved to 10.11 at a meeting in Nancy, France in June, achieving the A standard qualifying time for the 2009 World Championships in Berlin later that year.
  • Despite finishing out of the medals in fourth in the 100 m, he set a personal best of 20.67 seconds in the 200 m to take bronze at the 2009 European Team Championships.
  • He won his first major gold shortly after with a win in the 100 m at the 2009 Mediterranean Games. He competed in three events at the 2009 World Championships: he finished sixth in the 100 metres semi-finals, the second best performance by a European after finalist Dwain Chambers.
  • Next came the 200 metres competition, where he recorded a personal best of 20.43 seconds in his semi-final for fifth place.
  • He was eliminated at that stage, although he ran faster than compatriot David Alerte who did reach the final via the other semi-final.
  • His final competition of the championships was with France in the 4 x 100 metres relay.
  • The team reached the final and placed in eighth. At the 2010 European Athletics Championships, Mbandjock had a significant breakthrough, winning bronze medals in both the 100 m and 200 m, as well as a gold in the relay – although his achievements were somewhat overshadowed by his compatriot Christophe Lemaitre, who won all three races.

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