Melvin Raffin

Melvin Raffin (born 9 August 1998 in Bourg-la-Reine) is a French athlete specialising in the triple jump.[3] He 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.

Melvin Raffin
Personal information
Born (1998-08-09) 9 August 1998
Bourg-la-Reine, France[1]
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Triple jump
ClubEntente Nîmes Athlétisme[2]
Coached byLaurence Bily
Teddy Tamgho

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.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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

References

  1. "Melvin Raffin". bases.athle.com (in French). Fédération française d'athlétisme. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  2. "Melvin Raffin". European-Athletics.org. European Athletic Association. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  3. "Melvin Raffin". IAAF.org. International Association of Athletics Federations. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  4. "Melvin Raffin". All-Athletics.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.


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