Samuel Coco-Viloin (born 19 October 1987 in

Conflans-Sainte-Honorine Conflans-Sainte-Honorine () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, from the center of Paris. The commune was originally named for its g ...

)Team France at the 2008 Olympic Games
is a

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who competes internationally for

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.Athlete biography: Samuel Coco-Viloin
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 29, 2008 Coco-Viloin represented

France at the 2008 Summer Olympics France sent a team of 323 athletes to the 2008 Summer Olympics. Medalists Archery France will send archers to the Olympics for the twelfth time. France qualified a full team of three women by placing eighth in the women's team event at the 200 ...

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. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with

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, Manuel Reynaert and Yannick Lesourd. In their qualification heat they placed sixth in a time of 39.53 seconds and they were eliminated.

Major competitions record

References

* 1987 births People from Conflans-Sainte-Honorine Living people French male sprinters French male hurdlers Olympic athletes of France Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Yvelines Competitors at the 2009 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade {{France-hurdles-bio-stub