Ken Romain

{{short description|French sprinter}}

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| pb = 100 m: 10.29
200 m: 20.94

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{{Medal|Bronze|2014 Nassau|4 × 200 m relay}}

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Ken Romain (born 17 April 1993) is a French track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. He holds personal bests of 10.29 and 20.94 seconds for those events. He was the 100 m gold medallist at the 2014 Mediterranean Athletics U23 Championships.[http://bases.athle.com/asp.net/liste.aspx?frmbase=resultats&frmmode=1&frmespace=0&frmcompetition=146646 14/06/14 - Championnats de Méditerranée Espoirs]. Athle. Retrieved 2018-04-23. He has competed internationally with the French men's relay teams on several occasions. At the 2014 IAAF World Relays he won a bronze medal in the 4 × 200 metres relay, setting a European record time of 1:20.66 for the event.[http://www.european-athletics.org/news/article=diniz-breaks-french-record-with-zurich-his-mind/index.html Diniz breaks French record with Zurich on his mind]. European Athletics (2014-05-26). Retrieved 2018-04-22.

Romain also represented his country at the 2017 IAAF World Relays and won age category gold medals in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships and the European Athletics U23 Championships.[https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/france/ken-romain-258348 Ken Romain]. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-04-23.

International competitions

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rowspan=2|2011

|rowspan=2|European Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Tallinn, Estonia

|10th (h)

|100 m

|10.75

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 100 m relay

|39.35

rowspan=2|2012

|rowspan=2|World Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Barcelona, Spain

|24th (h)

|200 m

|21.34

|4 × 100 m relay

|{{AthAbbr|DQ}}

2013

|European U23 Championships

|Tampere, Finland

|6th

|4 × 100 m relay

|39.46

rowspan=4|2014

|World Relays

|Nassau, Bahamas

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|4 × 200 m relay

|1:20.66 {{AthAbbr|AR|European}}

rowspan=2|Mediterranean U23 Championships

|rowspan=2|Aubagne, France

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|100 m

|10.29

|4 × 100 m relay

|{{AthAbbr|DQ}}

European Team Championships

|Braunschweig, Germany

| —

|4 × 100 m relay

|{{AthAbbr|DQ}}

2015

|European U23 Championships

|Tallinn, Estonia

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 100 m relay

|39.36

2017

|World Relays

|Nassau, Bahamas

| —

|4 × 200 m relay

|{{AthAbbr|DQ}}

References

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