Marc Brian Louis
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| National team | Singapore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 August 2002[1] Singapore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Singapore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 m, 100 m hurdles, 200 m, 400 m hurdles, 4 x 100 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Brian Louis is a Singaporean athlete specialising in sprints and hurdles. He is the current national record holder for the 100 m (10.27s) and 60 m (6.69s).[3]
Early life and education
Louis' father, Gilbert, first realised that Louis had running potential when he took the then eight-year-old Louis to a run at Sembawang Park.[2] Louis dabbled in football and swimming growing up, but eventually gravitated towards track and field.[2] He started competing for Sembawang Primary School, and subsequently, Anderson Secondary School. While he won medals at the national championships in primary school, it was only in 2017 that he won his first gold, at the 110m hurdles.[4] He successfully defended his title the following year, adding a gold in the 400 m hurdles as well.[2] Louis was temporarily enrolled in the Singapore Sports School, but left after a year.[2] He later graduated from the Institute of Technical Education.[2]
Sporting career
In 2019, Louis became the first Singaporean to win gold in the 400 m hurdles (55.09s) at the 2019 Asian Youth Athletics Championships held in Hong Kong.[5] In the same tournament, he clocked 13.74s in the 110 m hurdles to set a new national U-18 record.[6] Earlier in the year, Louis had won the 400 m hurdles and came in second in the 110m hurdles at the 2019 Southeast Asian Youth Athletics Championships.[2]
In 2021, while competing at the World Athletics U-20 Championships in Nairobi, Louis set a new national U-20 record for the 110 m hurdles with a time of 13.77s; he finished 11th overall.[1][7] In the same year, he broke the national U-20 record for the 100 m with a time of 10.39s – 0.02s off the men's record.[8] Given his performances, he was granted deferment from National Service.[9] This paid off at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games, where he won a bronze in the 100m and was also part of the men's quartet that won a bronze in the 4x100m relay — Singapore's first relay medal at the competition in seven years.[10]
At the 2023 Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh, Louis won another bronze in the 4 x 100 m relay and a silver in the 100 m, matching his personal best of 10.39s in the latter.[11] At the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Louis finished 6th in his 100 m semi-final and 13th overall. However, he broke the 22-year national record set by UK Shyam in 2001 (10.37s) with a time of 10.27s.[12] At the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships, he broke another national record, this time at the 60m (6.69s).[13]
Personal bests
- 60 m – 6.69s (2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships)
- 100 m – 10.27s (+2.0 m/s, Hangzhou 2022)
See also
References
- ^ a b "Marc Brian LOUIS | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Auto, Hermes (24 December 2021). "Athletics: Teen sprinter Marc Brian Louis wants to be fastest Singapore man in 100m | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com.
- ^ Ganesan, Deepanraj (2 March 2024). "Singapore sprinter Marc Louis claims another longstanding record with 60m blitz at world indoors". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ "B Div 110m Hurdles: Anderson's Marc Louis notches first ever win".
- ^ Aziz, Sazali Abdul (17 March 2019). "Athletics: Marc Brian Louis wins 400m hurdles gold for Singapore at Asian Youth Athletics Championships". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Singapore's Marc Brian Louis sets new national U20 record for 110m hurdles at world junior championships". CNA. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Athletics: Marc Brian Louis sets new National U20 record for Men's 110m hurdles". 21 August 2021.
- ^ Chia, Laura (11 December 2021). "Athletics: Marc Brian Louis breaks U-20 100m record; 0.02sec off senior mark". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ Auto, Hermes (24 December 2021). "Athletics: Teen sprinter Louis granted NS deferment as he chases national record, SEA Games success in 2022 | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com.
- ^ "31st SEA Games [Athletics]: Singapore Men's 4x100m Team win first medal since 2015". 16 May 2022.
- ^ "Singapore sprint queen Shanti Pereira wins 100m gold, clinches historic SEA Games double". CNA.
- ^ "Singapore sprinter Marc Brian Louis smashes UK Shyam's 22-year 100m national record at Asian Games". CNA. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ Ganesan, Deepanraj (2 March 2024). "Singapore sprinter Marc Louis claims another longstanding record with 60m blitz at world indoors". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2 August 2024.