 Mbanjock (centre left) with the victorious 2010 European relay team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1985-10-14)14 October 1985 (age 39) Roubaix,Nord, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personalbest(s) | 100m: 10.06 s (Albi 2008) 200m: 20.38 s (Tomblaine 2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Martial Mbandjock (born 14 October 1985 inRoubaix) is a French sprinter who specializes in the100 metres.[1] His personal best time is 10.06 seconds, achieved in July 2008 inAlbi.
He won the bronze medal in the 100 m at the2007 European Athletics U23 Championships and reached the quarterfinals at the2007 World Championships later that year. He got to the semifinals at the2008 World Indoor Championships and the2008 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/stailwind.[2]
At the2008 Beijing Olympics he competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed second in his heat behindRichard 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 andTyson Gay, reaching the semi-finals. There he was unable to achieve his final spot as he finished in 8th place in 10.18 seconds.[1] Together withYannick Lesourd,Manuel Reynaert andSamuel Coco-Viloin he also competed at the4x100 metres relay. In their qualification heat they finished sixth in a time of 39.53 seconds, which meant elimination.[1]
In the 2009 season, Mbandjock began with modest times between 10.20 and 10.30 seconds. He improved to 10.11 at a meeting inNancy, France in June, achieving the A standard qualifying time for the2009 World Championships in Berlin later that year.[3] 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 the2009 European Team Championships. He won his first major gold shortly after with a win in the 100 m at the2009 Mediterranean Games.[4]
He competed in three events at the 2009 World Championships: he finished sixth in the100 metres semi-finals, the second best performance by a European after finalistDwain Chambers. Next came the200 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 compatriotDavid Alerte who did reach the final via the other semi-final. His final competition of the championships was with France in the4 x 100 metres relay. The team reached the final and placed in eighth.
At the2010 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 compatriotChristophe Lemaitre, who won all three races.
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