Melvin Raffin
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 August 1998 Bourg-la-Reine, France[1] |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Triple jump |
| Club | Entente Nîmes Athlétisme[2] |
| Coached by | Laurence Bily Teddy Tamgho |
Melvin Raffin (born 9 August 1998 in Bourg-la-Reine) is a French athlete specialising in the triple jump.[3]
Career[edit]
Raffin represented his country at the 2017 World Championships without qualifying for the final. Additionally, he won bronze medals at the 2016 World U20 Championships and 2017 European U20 Championships.
His personal bests in the event are 16.85 metres outdoors (+0.6 m/s, Montgeron 2017) and 17.20 metres indoors (Belgrade 2017).[4] He is the current world junior record holder indoors.
Personal life[edit]
Born in mainland France, Raffin is of Martiniquais descent.[5]
International competitions[edit]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  France
| |||||
| 2015 | World Youth Championships | Cali, Colombia | 11th | Triple jump | 14.61 m |
| 2016 | World U20 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 3rd | Triple jump | 16.37 m |
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 5th | Triple jump | 16.92 m |
| European U20 Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 3rd | Triple jump | 16.82 m | |
| World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 24th (q) | Triple jump | 16.18 m | |
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 14th (q) | Triple jump | 15.29 m |
| Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 11th (q) | Triple jump | 16.83 m1 | |
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 6th | Triple jump | 16.68 m |
1No mark in the final
References[edit]
- ^ "Melvin Raffin". bases.athle.com (in French). Fédération française d'athlétisme. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ "Melvin Raffin". European-Athletics.org. European Athletic Association. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ "Melvin Raffin". IAAF.org. International Association of Athletics Federations. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ "Melvin Raffin". All-Athletics.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ "Championnats d'Europe en salle : les athlètes ultramarins et afro-français de la sélection française".
External links[edit]
- Melvin Raffin at World Athletics
- Melvin Raffin at European Athletics (archive)
- Melvin Raffin at the Fédération Française d'Athlétisme (in French)
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- French male triple jumpers
- World Athletics Championships athletes for France
- People from Bourg-la-Reine
- Sportspeople from Hauts-de-Seine
- Athletes from Île-de-France
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for France
- French people of Martiniquais descent
- French athletics biography stubs