Teddy Atine-Venel (born 16 March 1985 in

Orsay Orsay () is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris. A fortified location of the Chevreuse valley since the 8th centur ...

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) is a French athlete who specialises in the

400 meters The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is o ...

. He represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics as well as three outdoor and one indoor World Championships. His personal bests in the event are 45.39 seconds outdoors (Forbach 2017) and 47.38 seconds indoors (Aubière 2006).

International competitions

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1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Essonne French male sprinters Olympic athletes of France Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for France Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games 21st-century French people {{France-sprint-bio-stub