{{short description|French track and field athlete|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Dimitri Bascou | image = Dimitri Bascou Prague 2015.jpg | imagesize = 260px | caption = Bascou at the 2015 European Indoor Championships | nationality = French | sport = Track and field | event = 110 m hurdles | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|7|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Schœlcher, Martinique, France | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{FRA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{Medal|Bronze|2016 Rio de Janeiro|110 m hurdles}} {{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2016 Portland|60 m hurdles}} {{Medal|Competition|European Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2016 Amsterdam|110 m hurdles }} {{Medal|Competition|European Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2015 Prague|60 m hurdles }} }}
'''Dimitri Bascou''' (born 20 July 1987) is a French track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metres hurdles. He is known for his explosive and fast starts. He won the gold medal at the 2016 European Championships and the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference}}</ref>
==Career== He was the silver medallist at the 2009 Mediterranean Games and came fourth at the 2010 European Athletics Championships.
He improved his indoor best in the 60 metres hurdles at the BW-Bank Meeting in February 2011, coming second with time of 7.53 seconds.<ref>[http://www.european-athletics.org/31th-european-athletics-indoor-championships/records-tumble-in-karlsruhe-spiegelburg-clears-476m.html Records tumble in Karlsruhe, Spiegelburg clears 4.76m] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218031156/http://www.european-athletics.org/31th-european-athletics-indoor-championships/records-tumble-in-karlsruhe-spiegelburg-clears-476m.html |date=2011-02-18 }}. European Athletics (2011-02-14). Retrieved on 2011-02-14.</ref> He broke Ladji Doucouré's long-standing French record in the 60 m hurdles with a run of 7.41 seconds at the 2016 ISTAF Indoor.<ref>Minshull, Phil (2016-02-13). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/schippers-bascou-wester-berlin World leads for Schippers, Bascou and Wester in Berlin]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-02-15.</ref>
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|width=64class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}} |- ! colspan="6" | Representing {{flagicon|MTQ}}/{{flagicon|MTQ|snake}} Martinique |- | rowspan="3" | 2005 | rowspan="3" | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | rowspan="3" | Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago | 4th | 110 m hurdles | 14.84 <small>(-0.7 m/s)</small> |- | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.21 |- | 5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:20.60 |- ! colspan="6" | Representing {{FRA}} |- | 2007 | European U23 Championships | Debrecen, Hungary | 10th (h) | 110m hurdles | 14.20 <small>(-2.6 m/s)</small> |- | rowspan=3 | 2009 | Mediterranean Games | Pescara, Italy | bgcolor="silver" | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | 13.75 |- | European U23 Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 4th | 110 m hurdles | 13.66 <small>(-0.7 m/s)</small> |- | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 16th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.49 |- | 2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 4th | 110 m hurdles | 13.41 |- | rowspan=3 | 2011 | European Indoor Championship | Paris, France | 6th | 60 m hurdles | 7.64 |- | Universiade | Shenzhen, China | 4th | 110 m hurdles | 13.60 |- | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 10th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.62 |- | 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 19th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.55 |- | rowspan=2 | 2013 | European Indoor Championship | Gothenburg, Sweden | 12th (sf) | 60 m hurdles | 7.72 |- | Mediterranean Games | Mersin, Turkey | 4th | 110 m hurdles | 13.93 |- | 2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 5th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.33{{efn|Disqualified in the final}} |- | rowspan=2 | 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | bgcolor="silver" | 2nd | 60 m hurdles | 7.50 |- | World Championships | Beijing, China | 5th | 110m hurdles | 13.17 |- | rowspan=3|2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | 60 m hurdles | 7.48 |- |European Championships |Amsterdam, Netherlands |bgcolor=gold|1st |110 m hurdles |13.25 |- |Olympic Games |Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |bgcolor="cc9966" |3rd |110 m hurdles |13.24 |- |2019 |World Championships |Doha, Qatar |10th (sf) |110 m hurdles |13.48 |- |2023 |European Indoor Championships |Istanbul, Turkey |9th (h) |60 m hurdles |7.73{{efn|Did not finish in the semifinals}} |}
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==External links== * {{World Athletics|14183107}} * {{European Athletics|14183107|old_id= b/athlete=139810-bascou-dimitri |archive= 20200724141404 }} * {{Olympics.com|dimitri-bascou|org_archive=20201019093313}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{FFA|new_id=145962|old_id=504947524653425745544950}} * {{Team France|dimitri-bascou}} * {{CNOSF|6/bascou-28566|archive=20220629134114}} * {{Instagram}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bascou, Dimitri}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:People from Schœlcher Category:Martiniquais athletes Category:French men hurdlers Category:Olympic men hurdlers Category:Olympic athletes for France Category:Olympic bronze medalists for France Category:Olympic bronze medalists in athletics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for France Category:European Athletics Championships medalists Category:French people of Martiniquais descent Category:21st-century French sportsmen
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