Nico Motchebon
{{short description|German middle-distance runner}}
{{Infobox person
| name= Nico Motchebon
| birth_date= {{birth date and age|1969|11|13|df=y}}
| birth_place= Berlin, Germany
| nationality= German
| occupation= 800 metres runner
}}
Nico Motchebon (born 13 November 1969 in Berlin) is a former German 800 metres runner.
His personal best of 1:43.91 was set on 31 July 1996 in the 800 m final of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he finished fifth. Motchebon won bronze medals at the 1993 and 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He also set a temporary European indoor record over 800 m in 1995. His 600 m indoor personal best stood as the indoor 600 m world record from 1999 until 2017.
Before turning to athletics in late 1992, he competed in the modern pentathlon. He even qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics but ultimately he did not participate.
He is of Cameroonian descent through his father.{{cite web|url=http://www.stimme.de/archiv/schozach-bottwar/sonstige-Laufen-fuer-die-gute-Sache;art1909,1036130|title=Laufen für die gute Sache|last=Mockler|first=Marion|date=14 June 2007|publisher=Stimme.de|language=German|accessdate=20 January 2018}}
International competitions
| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |
| colspan="6"|Representing {{GER}} |
|---|
| rowspan=3|1993
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |800 m |
| Universiade
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |800 m |
| World Championships
|Stuttgart, Germany |20th (sf) |800 m |
| rowspan=3|1994
|European Indoor Championships |Paris, France |4th |800 m |
| European Championships
|Helsinki, Finland |4th |800 m |
| World Cup
|London, United Kingdom |5th |800 m |
| 1995
|Gothenburg, Sweden |4th |800 m |
| 1996
|Atlanta, United States |5th |800 m |
| rowspan=2|1997
|Paris, France |4th |800 m |
| Universiade
|Catania, Italy |9th (sf) |800 m |
| 1998
|Budapest, Hungary |10th (sf) |800 m |
| rowspan=2|1999
|Maebashi, Japan |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |800 m |
| World Championships
|Seville, Spain |15th (sf) |800 m |
Personal bests
- 100 metres - 11.11 sec - 14 September 1993 in Berlin, Germany
- 400 metres - 46.71 sec - 31 May 1997 in Athens, Greece
- 600 metres - 1:15.31 min - 3 September 1997 in Dortmund, Germany
- 800 metres - 1:43.91 min - 31 July 1996 in Atlanta, United States
- 1000 metres - 2:20.47 min - 3 June 1994 in Jena, Germany
- 1500 metres - 3:52.45 min - 5 September 1995 in Rieti, Italy
;Indoor
References
- {{World Athletics}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223945/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/nico-motchebon-1.html Sports Reference]
{{German Athletics Champions in men's 800 m}}
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Category:German male middle-distance runners
Category:German male modern pentathletes
Category:Olympic athletes for Germany
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany
Category:German national athletics champions
Category:German people of Cameroonian descent
Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Germany
Category:Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade
Category:20th-century German sportsmen
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