Phara Anacharsis (born 17 December 1983) is a French athlete who specializes in the
400 metres
The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...
and the
400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women.
On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...
.
Biography
She was born in
Fort-de-France
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.
In the 200 metres she won the bronze medal at the 2005
Jeux de la Francophonie, and in the 400 meters the silver medal at the
2005 Mediterranean Games
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. She also competed at the
2002 World Junior Championships, the
2005 European Indoor Championships and the
2006 European Championships without reaching the final.
[ She later turned to the hurdles, and won the gold medal at the ]2009 Mediterranean Games
The 2009 Mediterranean Games, officially the XVI Mediterranean Games ( it, XVI Giochi del Mediterraneo) and commonly known as Pescara 2009, was a multi-sport event held in Pescara, Italy, from 26 June to 5 July 2009. It was governed by the Inte ...
.
In the 4 x 400 metres relay
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she finished seventh at the 2006 European Championships, and also competed at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
without reaching the final. At the 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, she was part of the French team that came 6th in the final. At the 2014 European championships, she ran in the heats but not the final, when France won the gold.
In the 400 m hurdles, she competed at the 2013 World Championships but did not reach the final.
Her personal best times are 23.39 seconds in the 200 metres
The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...
, achieved in August 2007 in La Chaux-de-Fonds
La Chaux-de-Fonds () is a Swiss city in the canton of Neuchâtel. It is located in the Jura mountains at an altitude of 1000 m, a few kilometers south of the French border. After Geneva, Lausanne and Fribourg, it is the fourth largest city loc ...
; 51.87 seconds in the 400 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Patras
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and 55.84 seconds in the 400 metres hurdles, achieved in June 2016 in Montreuil.
References
1983 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Fort-de-France
French female sprinters
French female hurdlers
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for France
Martiniquais athletes
French people of Martiniquais descent
European Athletics Championships medalists
Martiniquais sportswomen
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
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