Stéphane Diagana

Stéphane Diagana

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1969-07-23 (54 years old)

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Stéphane Diagana (born 23 July 1969 in Saint-Affrique, Aveyron) is a retired, French track and field sprinter and hurdler. His specialities were the 400 metres hurdles and the 4 x 400 metres relay.

Diagana won the 400 metres hurdles gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athens and the 4 x 400 metres relay gold medal at the 2003 World Championships in Paris. In 2002 he won the 400 metres hurdles gold medal at the European Championships in Munich. Diagana also set a new, European 400 metres hurdles outdoor record of 47.37 sec. in Lausanne, Switzerland on 5 July 1995. This record stood until June 2019.

In his only Olympic appearance, Diagana finished in fourth position in the final of the 400 metres hurdles of the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. In that Olympics, his 4 x 400 metres relay team was eliminated in the heats.

Diagana retired from competition in 2004 and became a television commentator and advisor to the Fédération française d'athlétisme (French Athletics Federation).On 7 April 2008, Diagana was an Olympic torch runner for the 2008 Olympics. While he was running with the torch in Paris, Paris city councillor Sylvain Garel tried to snatch it from his hands.On 21 January 2011, Diagana was seriously injured in road accident while he was cycling along a road of the Col de Vence in the department of Alpes-Maritimes in southeast France. He was airlifted by helicopter to a hospital in Nice. He suffered head injuries and although in a serious condition, he did not lose consciousness.He is married to Odile Lesage, with whom he has three children.

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Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1969-07-23 (54 years old)

Birth Name
Stéphane Kalidou André Diagana

Birth Place
Saint-Affrique, France

Height
184-centimeter

Citizenships
France

Awards
Knight of the National Order of Merit, Knight of the Legion of Honour


This article uses material from Wikipedia.
Image credit: Mhln from Paris, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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