Guy Drut

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| nationality = French

| sport = Athletics

| event = 110 metres hurdles

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1950|12|6}}

| birth_place = Oignies, Pas-de-Calais, France

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Guy Drut (born 6 December 1950) is an Olympic champion and politician who won gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal in the 110 m hurdles.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/07/29/archives/drut-takes-high-hurdles-gold-soviet-sweeps-hammer-throw-drut-high.html | title=Drut Takes High Hurdles Gold; Soviet Sweeps Hammer Throw | last=Litsky | first=Frank | work=The New York Times | date=29 July 1976 | access-date=22 October 2020 }} In 1996, he became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).{{cite web | url=https://olympics.com/ioc/mr-guy-drut | title=Mr Guy Drut | last= | first= | website=The International Olympic Committee | date= | accessdate=10 August 2021 }}

Biography

=Sports career=

Born in Oignies, Pas-de-Calais, France, Drut captured the silver medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, finishing behind the American Rod Milburn. In the European Championship of 1974 Drut came a comfortable first. It was at the next Olympics that Guy was to realise his dream, winning the 110 m hurdles in a time of 13.30 ahead of Cuba's Alejandro Casañas and the American Willie Davenport.

=Political career=

After retirement Guy became active in business and politics, with one of his roles being Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports in the conservative government of Alain Juppé from 1995 to 1997. He has been convicted by French courts (a 15-month suspended prison sentence) at the end of 2005 for accepting fictitious employment as political patronage; as a consequence suspended by the IOC.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/oct/27/france.mainsection | title=Chirac aide guilty in £50m kickback scandal | last=Willsher | first=Kim | website=The Guardian | date=26 October 2005 | access-date=22 October 2020 }} In 2006, president Jacques Chirac amnestied Drut, using a rarely used clause in a 2002 amnesty law authorizing the president to grant amnesty for certain categories of crimes to people who had made great contributions to France in certain fields.

The move caused great controversy, including within the majority members of Parliament: president of the National Assembly Jean-Louis Debré commented that it gave an unpleasant impression of "self-washing machine" but said it was a "courageous" move that he would not have made;

Nicolas Sarkozy, president of the majority party UMP, disapproved such uses of amnesty.

Chirac justified it by France's regaining a seat at IOC.

Drut served on the IOC's Evaluation Commission for the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{cite web | url=http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/olympic_bids/1216133733.html | title=IOC Announces 2016 Summer Games Evaluation Commission | website=Games Bids | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226104454/http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/olympic_bids/1216133733.html | access-date=22 October 2020 | archive-date=26 February 2009 }}

International competitions

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1969 \|European Championships \|Athens, Greece \|4th \|110 m hurdles \|14.08
1970 \|European Indoor Championships \|Vienna, Austria \|bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|60 m hurdles \|7.8
rowspan=2\|1971 \|European Championships \|Helsinki, Finland \| – \|110 m hurdles \|DNF
Mediterranean Games \|İzmir, Turkey \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|110 m hurdles \|13.7
rowspan=2\|1972 \|European Indoor Championships \|Grenoble, France \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|50 m hurdles \|6.51
Olympic Games \|Munich, West Germany \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|110 m hurdles \|13.34
1973 \|European Indoor Championships \|Rotterdam, Netherlands \|6th \|60 m hurdles \|9.22
rowspan=2\|1974 \|European Indoor Championships \|Gothenburg, Sweden \|3rd (h) \|60 m hurdles \|7.87¹
European Championships \|Rome, Italy \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|110 m hurdles \|13.40
1976 \|Olympic Games \|Montreal, Canada \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|110 m hurdles \|13.30
1981 \|European Indoor Championships \|Grenoble, France \|bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|50 m hurdles \|6.54

colspan="6"|Representing {{FRA}}

1969

|European Championships

|Athens, Greece

|4th

|110 m hurdles

|14.08

1970

|European Indoor Championships

|Vienna, Austria

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|60 m hurdles

|7.8

rowspan=2|1971

|European Championships

|Helsinki, Finland

| –

|110 m hurdles

|DNF

Mediterranean Games

|İzmir, Turkey

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|110 m hurdles

|13.7

rowspan=2|1972

|European Indoor Championships

|Grenoble, France

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|50 m hurdles

|6.51

Olympic Games

|Munich, West Germany

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|110 m hurdles

|13.34

1973

|European Indoor Championships

|Rotterdam, Netherlands

|6th

|60 m hurdles

|9.22

rowspan=2|1974

|European Indoor Championships

|Gothenburg, Sweden

|3rd (h)

|60 m hurdles

|7.87¹

European Championships

|Rome, Italy

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|110 m hurdles

|13.40

1976

|Olympic Games

|Montreal, Canada

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|110 m hurdles

|13.30

1981

|European Indoor Championships

|Grenoble, France

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|50 m hurdles

|6.54

¹ Did not finish in the final

References

External links

{{World Athletics||name=Guy Drut}}
[http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=JUSX0200109L Amnesty law of 6 August 2002], article 10
{{FFA profile}}
{{Olympics.com profile}}
{{Olympedia}}

{{succession box|before={{flagicon|USA}} Rodney Milburn|title=Men's 110 m Hurdles Best Year Performance|years=1974–1976|after={{flagicon|CUB}} Alejandro Casañas}}

{{USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in men's 60 m hurdles}}

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Category:Olympic athletes for France