Jessy Franco

Jessy Franco

Personal information
Born	(1998-12-07) 7 December 1998
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprinting
Coached by	Fabian Franco

Jessy Franco (born 7 December 1998) is a Gibraltarian sprinter. He represented his territory in the 400 metres at the 2019 World Championships in Doha without advancing from the first round but setting a new national record of 47.41.

He has a Gibraltarian father and Faroese mother who met when competing at the 1989 Island Games in athletics and gymnastics respectively. Jessy himself later competed at two editions of the Games. His older brother Julian was also a sprinter.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Gibraltar
2015	Island Games	Jersey	6th	100 m	11.22
			6th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	44.62
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.46
	European Junior Championships	Eskilstuna, Sweden	24th (h)	100 m	11.24
	Commonwealth Youth Games	Apia, Samoa	13th (sf)	200 m	22.57 (w)
			9th (h)	400 m	50.62
2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	32nd (h)	200 m	22.44
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	56th (h)	100 m	11.04
			35th (h)	400 m	48.40
	Championships of the Small States of Europe	Schaan, Liechtenstein	4th	400 m	49.69
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	29th (h)	400 m	48.12
2019	Island Games	Gibraltar	1st	200 m	22.47
			1st	400 m	48.34
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	35th (h)	400 m	47.41
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	54th (h)	200 m	22.04

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 10.90 (+0.4 m/s, Gibraltar 2018) NR
• 200 metres – 21.20 (+0.9 m/s, Pretoria 2016)
• 400 metres – 47.41 (Doha 2019) NR

Indoor

• 200 metres – 22.34 (Antequera 2018)