Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux (born 25 November 1987) is a French sprinter who specialises 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 ...

. He helped the French men's

4 x 100 metres relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...

team to the gold medal at the

2010 European Athletics Championships The 2010 European Athletics Championships were the 20th edition of the European Athletics Championships, organised under the supervision of the European Athletic Association. They were held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Cat ...

. 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 ...

, Pessonneaux was part of France's 4 × 100 m relay team that claimed the bronze medal.

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France’s Vicaut shows off Moncton medal credentials
1987 births Living people French male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of France Olympic bronze medalists for France Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Université Savoie-Mont Blanc alumni Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics 20th-century French people 21st-century French people {{France-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub