Christine Arron

Christine Arron
Christine Arron at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1973-09-13) 13 September 1973 (age 51)
Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, France
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight64 kg (141 lb)[1]
Sport
Sportsprinting
Event(s)60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres and the 4 × 100 metres relay
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens 4 × 100 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Paris 4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1999 Seville 4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Athens 4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Helsinki 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Helsinki 200 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Budapest 100 metres
Gold medal – first place 1998 Budapest 4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2010 Barcelona 4 × 100 m relay
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1997 Bari 200 m
Gold medal – first place 1997 Bari 4 × 100 m relay

Christine Arron (born 13 September 1973) is a former track and field sprinter, who competed internationally for France in the 60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres and the 4 × 100 metres relay. She is one of the ten fastest female 100 metres sprinter of all time with 10.73 seconds which is still the European record. She set the record when winning at the 1998 European Championships, where she also won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay. Also in the relay, she is a 2003 World Championship gold medallist and a 2004 Olympic bronze medallist.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Christine ARRON". european-athletics.org. European Athletics. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christine Arron". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016.