Leslie Djhone
{{short description|French track and field athlete}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Leslie Djhone
| image = Leslie Djhone Paris 2011.jpg
| caption = Djhone (left) at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships
| nationality = French
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|03|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Abidjan, Ivory Coast
| height = 1.87 m
| weight = 76 kg
| sport = sprinting
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's athletics }}
{{MedalCountry | {{FRA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2003 Paris | 4x400 m relay }}
{{MedalCompetition | European Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2006 Gothenburg | 4x400 m relay }}
{{MedalBronze | 2002 Munich | 4x400 m relay }}
{{MedalBronze | 2006 Gothenburg | 400 m }}
{{MedalCompetition | European Indoor Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2011 Paris | 400 m }}
{{MedalGold | 2011 Paris | 4x400 m relay }}
}}
Leslie Djhone (born 18 March 1981 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast) is a French track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay.
Djhone won the 400 metres gold medal at the 2011 European Indoor Championships and the 400 metres bronze medal at the 2006 European Championships. In the final of the 400m event, he finished 4th at the 2003 World Championships, 5th at the 2007 World Championships, 8th at the 2009 World Championships, 7th at the 2004 Olympics and 5th at the 2008 Olympics.
Djhone has also enjoyed some success in the 4x400 metres relay, the highlight being a gold medal each at the 2003 World Championships, 2011 European Indoor Championships and 2006 European Championships. He also won the bronze medal at the 2002 European Championships.
Djhone set a new national outdoor record of 44.46 seconds in the semi-finals of the 400 m event at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan.
Djhone set a new national indoor record in the 400 m with a run of 45.85 seconds at the 2010 French Athletics Championships, taking 17 hundredths of a second off Stéphane Diagana's 18-year-old mark.Vazel, Pierre Jean (2010-03-01). [http://www.iaaf.org/WIC10/news/kind=100/newsid=55716.html Djhone breaks 18-year-old 400m national record, 8.24m world lead for Sdiri in Paris – French Indoor Champs]. IAAF Retrieved on 2010-03-01. In 2011, he won the 400 m (in a new national indoor record time of 45.54 seconds) and the 4 × 400 m relay gold medals at the 2011 European Indoor Championships.
Personal bests
- 100 metres outdoor – 10.55 s (2003)
- 200 metres outdoor – 20.67 s (2004)
- 400 metres outdoor – 44.46 s (2007)
- Long jump outdoor – 7.92 m (1999)
- 400 metres indoor – 45.54 s (2011)
Results in international competitions
- Note: Only the position in the final is indicated
{{AchievementTable|width=auto|Event=yes}} |
colspan="6" | Representing {{FRA}} |
---|
1998
| 15th (q) | Long jump | 7.46 m (wind: -0.3 m/s) |
1999
| European Junior Championships | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | 39.49 |
2000
| bgcolor="silver" | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.33 |
rowspan=2 | 2001
| rowspan=2 | European U23 Championships | rowspan=2 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 4th | Long jump | 7.80 m (wind: 0.2 m/s) |
4th
| 4 × 100 m relay | 40.02 |
2002
| bgcolor="CC9966" | 3rd | 3:02.76 |
rowspan=4 | 2003
| rowspan=2 | European U23 Championships | rowspan=2 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | 400 m | 45.04 |
bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
| 4 × 100 m relay | 39.38 |
rowspan=2 | World Championships
| 4th | 400 m | 44.83 |
bgcolor="gold" | 1st
| 2:58.96 |
rowspan=4 | 2004
| rowspan=2 | Olympic Games | 7th | 400 m | 44.94 |
Athens, Greece
| eliminated in the 1st round heats | 3:04.39 |
IAAF World Athletics Final
| 4th | 400 m | 45.26 |
European Cup
| bgcolor="CC9966" | 3rd | 400 m | 45.73 |
rowspan=2 | 2005
| rowspan=2 | World Championships | eliminated in the 1st round heats | 400 m | 46.57 |
Helsinki, Finland
| 6th | 3:03.10 |
rowspan=3 | 2006
| rowspan=2 | European Championships | rowspan=2 | Gothenburg, Sweden | bgcolor="CC9966" | 3rd | 400m | 45.40 |
bgcolor="gold" | 1st
| 3:01.10 |
European Cup
| bgcolor="gold" | 1st | 3:03.59 |
rowspan=3 | 2007
| rowspan=2 | World Championships | 5th | 400 m | 44.59 |
Osaka, Japan
| eliminated in the 1st round heats | 3:04.45 |
European Cup
| bgcolor="gold" | 1st | 400 m | 45.54 |
2008
| 5th | 400 m | 45.11 |
rowspan=2 | 2009
| rowspan=2 | World Championships | 8th | 400 m | 45.90 |
Berlin, Germany
| 7th | 3:02.65 |
rowspan=3 | 2010
| rowspan=2 | European Championships | 6th | 400 m | 45.30 |
Barcelona, Spain
| 6th | 3:03.85 |
European Team Championships
| bgcolor="silver" | 2nd | 400 m | 45.72 |
rowspan=2 | 2011
| rowspan=2 | European Indoor Championships | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | 400 m | 45.54 |
bgcolor="gold" | 1st
| 3:06.17 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{World Athletics||name=Leslie Djhone}}
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/dj/leslie-djhone-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417194901/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/dj/leslie-djhone-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17}}
{{Footer World Champions 4 x 400 m Men|2003}}
{{Footer European Champions 4x400 m Men}}
{{Footer European Indoor Champions 400m Men}}
{{Footer European Athletics Indoor Championships – men's 4 × 400 metres relay}}
{{Footer U23 European Champions 400m Men}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Djhone, Leslie}}
Category:French male sprinters
Category:Ivorian male sprinters
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for France
Category:French sportspeople of Ivorian descent
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
Category:European Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Athletes from Abidjan
Category:World Athletics Championships winners