French hurdler
Ludvy Vaillant (born 15 March 1995 in Fort-de-France, Martinique) is a French athlete competing primarily in the 400 metres hurdles.[2] He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships reaching the semifinals. In addition, he won a bronze medal at the 2017 European U23 Championships.
His personal best in the event is 48.30 seconds set in Paris in 2019.[3]
International competitions
Year |
Competition |
Venue |
Position |
Event |
Notes
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Representing France
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2013
|
European Junior Championships
|
Rieti, Italy
|
8th
|
400 m hurdles
|
52.29
|
4th
|
4 × 400 m relay
|
3:05.41
|
2015
|
European U23 Championships
|
Tallinn, Estonia
|
7th
|
400 m
|
47.04
|
1st
|
4 × 400 m relay
|
3:04.92
|
2016
|
European Championships
|
Amsterdam, Netherlands
|
12th (h)
|
4 × 400 m relay
|
3:04.95
|
2017
|
World Relays
|
Nassau, Bahamas
|
–
|
4 × 200 m relay
|
DQ
|
European U23 Championships
|
Bydgoszcz, Poland
|
3rd
|
400 m hurdles
|
49.31
|
3rd
|
4 × 400 m relay
|
3:05.24
|
World Championships
|
London, United Kingdom
|
15th (sf)
|
400 m hurdles
|
49.95
|
8th
|
4 × 400 m relay
|
3:01.79
|
2018
|
Mediterranean Games
|
Tarragona, Spain
|
1st
|
400 m hurdles
|
48.76
|
European Championships
|
Berlin, Germany
|
4th
|
400 m hurdles
|
48.42
|
4th
|
4 × 400 m relay
|
3:02.08
|
2019
|
World Relays
|
Yokohama, Japan
|
2nd (B)
|
4 × 400 m relay
|
3:02.99
|
World Championships
|
Doha, Qatar
|
12th (sf)
|
400 m hurdles
|
49.10
|
7th
|
4 × 400 m relay
|
3:03.06
|
2021
|
Olympic Games
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
16th (sf)
|
400 m hurdles
|
49.02
|
2022
|
Mediterranean Games
|
Oran, Algeria
|
2nd
|
400 m hurdles
|
48.83
|
5th
|
4 × 400 m relay
|
3:05.35
|
European Championships
|
Munich, Germany
|
4th
|
400 m hurdles
|
48.79
|
2023
|
World Championships
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
11th (sf)
|
400 m hurdles
|
48.48
|
2nd
|
4 × 400 m relay
|
2:58.45
|
References
External links
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- 1997: Poland (Pilarczyk, Długosielski, Bocian, Haczek, Gruman†)
- 1999: Germany (Debnar-Daumler, Goller, Schumann, Holz, Knospe†, Liebe†)
- 2001: Great Britain (Naismith, Potter, McDonald, Elias)
- 2003: Poland (Wieruszewski, Skalski, Dąbrowski, Plawgo)
- 2005: Poland (Bańka, Zrada, Dąbrowski, Kędzia, Pryga†, Ptak†)
- 2007: Russia (Dyldin, Alekseyev, Sergeyenkov, Kokorin, Sigalovskiy†)
- 2009: Poland (Sobiech, Krzewina, Pietrzak, Ciepiela, Krawczuk†, Porządny†)
- 2011: Great Britain (Levine, Phillips, Bowie, Lennon-Ford, Persent†, Doran†)
- 2013: Russia (Mosin, Nesmashnyi, Vazhov, Uglov, Ryzhov†, Kibakin†)
- 2015: France (Vaillant, Divet, Courbière, Jordier)
- 2017: Great Britain (Thompson, Snaith, Hazel, Chalmers, Somers†)
- 2019: Germany (Grupen, Schlegel, Dammermann, Sanders, Bredau†)
- 2021: France (Reale, Andant, Sombé, Oucéni, Leech†)
- 2023: Italy (Meli, Rossi, Benati, Panassidi†, Raimondi†)
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† denotes athletes who took part in heats only |