Leslie Djhone

Leslie Djhone

Djhone (left) at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1981-03-18) 18 March 1981 (age 43) Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Sport	sprinting
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  France World Championships 2003 Paris 4x400 m relay European Championships 2006 Gothenburg 4x400 m relay 2002 Munich 4x400 m relay 2006 Gothenburg 400 m European Indoor Championships 2011 Paris 400 m 2011 Paris 4x400 m relay

Leslie Djhone (born 18 March 1981 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast) is a French track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay.

Djhone won the 400 metres gold medal at the 2011 European Indoor Championships and the 400 metres bronze medal at the 2006 European Championships. In the final of the 400m event, he finished 4th at the 2003 World Championships, 5th at the 2007 World Championships, 8th at the 2009 World Championships, 7th at the 2004 Olympics and 5th at the 2008 Olympics.

Djhone has also enjoyed some success in the 4x400 metres relay, the highlight being a gold medal each at the 2003 World Championships, 2011 European Indoor Championships and 2006 European Championships. He also won the bronze medal at the 2002 European Championships.

Djhone set a new national outdoor record of 44.46 seconds in the semi-finals of the 400 m event at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan.

Djhone set a new national indoor record in the 400 m with a run of 45.85 seconds at the 2010 French Athletics Championships, taking 17 hundredths of a second off Stéphane Diagana's 18-year-old mark.^[1] In 2011, he won the 400 m (in a new national indoor record time of 45.54 seconds) and the 4 × 400 m relay gold medals at the 2011 European Indoor Championships.