Guillaume Thierry (born 15 September 1986) is a

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athlete from the Republic of Mauritius. He first represented his country at

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in which he competed at the

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held in

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. He now competes in the

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and holds the Mauritian national record set on 11–12 September 2013 in

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at the VII Francophone Games. He is the first Mauritian ever to score more than 7000 points in this event.

Private life

Patrick Guillaume Llyod Thierry was born in Moka, La Clinique Mauricienne. He went to college at St Andrews School and then attended the University of Mauritius where he completed a Degree in Management in August 2008 and a Master in Human Resource Studies in November 2010. He also completed computer studies at ICL (Innovative and Creative Learning Ltd.) on Computer Repairs and Maintenance and Networking. He married Anna-Louisa Leveque on 15 December 2012. Their daughter Colleen was born on 17 May 2013. Guigui3

Sporting career

Thierry's was first coached by Jean Chelin and then by Jacque Dudal. When Dudal had medical issues and left Mauritius for further medication Thierry trained alone for a while and then spent three weeks in

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with Bob Cervenka. During this time he finished 13th, with a new National Record of 4.70m, at the World Youth Championships. He was potted by decathlon coach Aleksandr Nevskiy and changed to this event after finishing his Higher School Certificate.

Personal bests

All events referenced from All-Athletics.com. Guigui1

International results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thierry, Guillaume 1986 births Living people People from Moka District Mauritian male pole vaulters Mauritian decathletes Commonwealth Games competitors for Mauritius Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games African Games gold medalists for Mauritius African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games