Wilhem Belocian (born 25 June 1995) is a French

hurdler Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...

and sprinter from

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...

Career

Belocian won the

110 metre hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurd ...

bronze medal at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics, in a personal best of 13.51 seconds. He won the

gold medal at the 2014 World Junior Championships in a world junior record time of 12.99 seconds. Belocian withdrew from the

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

because of a thigh injury sustained in mid July 2015. Belocian was disqualified due to a false start in the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

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* 1995 births Living people People from Les Abymes French male hurdlers Guadeloupean male hurdlers Guadeloupean male sprinters European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of France Olympic male hurdlers French Athletics Championships winners European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for France {{Guadeloupe-sport-bio-stub