Lina Jacques-Sébastien (born 10 April 1985 in Créteil, France) is a French sprint athlete who specializes in the

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

and

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 ...

Biography

She finished sixth in the 100 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships, and also won a bronze medal in the

4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the individu ...

. She won the silver medal in the 100 metres at the 2005 European U23 Championships, and in the 200 metres at the

2005 Mediterranean Games The XVth Mediterranean Games Almería 2005 (XV Juegos del Mediterráneo 2005 in Spanish), commonly known as the 2005 Mediterranean Games, were the 15th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Almería, Spain over 10 days, from 24 June to 3 Ju ...

. She competed at the 2005 European Indoor Championships and the

2009 European Indoor Championships The 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Turin, Italy, from Friday, 6 March to Sunday, 8 March 2009. The championships took place at the Oval Lingotto indoor arena

without reaching the final. In the 4 × 100 metres relay she finished fourth at the 2005 World Championships. She also competed at 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 ...

together with

Muriel Hurtis-Houairi Muriel Hurtis-Houairi (born 25 March 1979) is a French track and field athlete.Myriam Soumaré Myriam Soumaré (born 29 October 1986) is a retired French track and field sprinter., beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 30, 2008 She announced her retirement from athletics in February 2016. Athletics career 2008–2009 Soumaré made her Olympic debu ...

and

Carima Louami Carima Louami (born 12 May 1979 in Tourcoing) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for France. Louami represented France at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4 × 100 metres relay together wit ...

, but in their first round heat they did not finish and were eliminated due to a mistake with the baton exchange. Jacques-Sebastien later won a silver medal at the

2009 Jeux de la Francophonie The 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie (''6th Francophone Games''), was an international multi-sport event held from 27 September to 6 October in Beirut, Lebanon. Organization The organization of the Jeux de la Francophonie is entrusted by the local a ...

. Her personal best times are 7.35 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor), achieved in February 2008 in Bordeaux; 11.30 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Sotteville-lès-Rouen; and 22.59 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jacques-Sebastien, Lina 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Créteil French people of Martiniquais descent French female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of France European Athletics Championships medalists Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Olympic female sprinters