Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (born 22 September 1991) is a French athlete who specialises in the

sprint hurdles 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, ...

. Born to a French father and a mother from the Ivory Coast, he has written his name in his country's record books. He is a three-time medalist in the 60 metres hurdles at the

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and also won the bronze medal in the 110 metres at the 2014 European Championships and the gold medal at the

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in the same event. He also won the bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships He set his personal best of 12.95 seconds in July 2014 in Monaco. His brother

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, also a promising hurdler, similarly achieved a personal best at the same meeting.

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* * 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Saint-Maur-des-Fossés French male hurdlers French sportspeople of Ivorian descent Olympic male hurdlers Olympic athletes for France Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for France World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships winners Diamond League winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists 20th-century French people 21st-century French people {{France-hurdles-bio-stub