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Loïc Lerouge

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Loïc Lerouge
Personal information
Born (1977-01-21) 21 January 1977 (age 47)[1][2]
Nantes, France
Sport
Country France
SportSport of athletics
Event400 metres
Achievements and titles
National finals
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  France
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Paris 4 × 400 m relay
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2002 Vienna 4 × 400 m relay
European U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place 1995 Nyíregyháza 4 × 400 m relay
Updated on November 2024

Loïc Lerouge (born 21 January 1977) is a French former sprinter specializing in the 400 metres and the 4th World Athletics Indoor Championships bronze medallist in the 4 × 400 m relay. Lerouge won the relay silver medal at the 1995 European Athletics Junior Championships before winning bronze at the 1997 World Indoor Championships 4 × 400 m. In 2002, Lerouge won his first European medal at the 2002 European Indoor Championships relay before coming a research director focusing on sport at the French National Centre for Scientific Research.

Career

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Lerouge won his first international medal at the 1995 European Athletics Junior Championships, where he contributed to the French team's runner-up performance in the 4 × 400 m by virtue of running in the heats. He ran the 3rd leg to win his heat and was replaced by Ruddy Zami in the finals.[3]

Lerouge achieved his highest international success at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships, where he ran the 3rd leg on the 4 × 400 m relay. Despite his team being the slowest of 6 qualifiers into the finals with a 3:09.50 seed, a similar 3:09.68 performance in the finals was enough for the French team to win the bronze medal, behind only the United States and Jamaica.[2]

At the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships, Lerouge competed in both the individual 400 m and relay. Though he was the first athlete not to qualify for the semifinals from his 400 m heat, Lerouge was able to qualify the French 4 × 400 m team to the finals where they finished 4th.[2]

Lerouge placed 3rd in the 400 m individually at the 2002 French Indoor Championships, qualifying him to represent France in the relay at the 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Vienna.[4] Lerouge again ran the 3rd leg on the French relay team, winning the silver medal in the 4 × 400 m final. Their time of 3:06.42 was only beaten by a championship record 3:05.50 clocking from Poland.[2]

Personal life

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Lerouge was born 21 January 1977 in Nantes, France. After his athletics career, Lerouge became a research director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research focusing on occupational health laws.[5] He wrote a paper about the peculiarities of the legal regime of professional sport in France that has been cited in overviews of Portuguese sport law.[6][7] He retired from professional sprinting in 2004.[1]

Statistics

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Personal best progression

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400m progression
# Mark Pl. Competition Venue Date Ref.
1 47.36 Narbonne, France 31 May 1997 [8]
2 46.60 2nd place, silver medalist(s) French U23 Athletics Championships Dreux, France 10 Jul 1998 [9]

References

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  1. ^ a b Loïc Lerouge at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b c d Loïc Lerouge at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  3. ^ "European Junior Championships | Results | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  4. ^ "les podiums 2002 - france en salle - lievin | Fédération Française d'Athlétisme". www.athle.fr (in French). Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  5. ^ Lerouge, Loïc (2005). La reconnaissance d'un droit à la protection de la santé mentale au travail / Loïc Lerouge,... (in French). LGDJ. Paris. ISBN 978-2-275-02666-4. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  6. ^ Maria José Carvalho. "PROFESSIONAL SPORT IN PORTUGAL: AN OVERVIEW OF ITS FRAMEWORK LAW". International Sports Law Review Pandektis. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Editorial Reus | Organización del deporte profesional: una perspectiva francesa". www.editorialreus.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #8414870". Tilastopaja.
  9. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #8439366". Tilastopaja.
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