Jean christophe lemaitre autobiography

French sprinter (born )

Christophe Lemaitre^[2] (French pronunciation:[kʁistɔfləmɛtʁ]; born 11 June ) is a former [1]Frenchsprinter who specialised in the and metres.

In , Lemaitre became the first white athlete to break the second barrier in an officially timed m event.

Jean christophe lemaitre autobiography

Lemaitre has run a sub second m on seven occasions: three times in and four times in He won a bronze medal in the 4 × m relay at the London Olympic Games and in the metres at the Rio Summer Olympics.

At the age of 20, Lemaitre won the &#;m, &#;m and the 4×&#;m relay titles at the European Championships, the first French sprinter ever to achieve that triple.

He was the fastest European m and m sprinter in ^[3][4] He won a bronze medal in the m at the World Championships. As of August , Lemaitre was one of the three Frenchmen (the other two are Ronald Pognon and Jimmy Vicaut) to have broken the second barrier in the metres outdoor.^[5]

Due to in