Jean-Charles Trouabal

{{short description|French sprinter}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name=Jean-Charles Trouabal |birth_date=20 May 1965 |birth_place= |death_date= |death_place= |show-medals=yes |medaltemplates={{Medal|Sport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}} {{Medal|Country | {{FRA}} }} {{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}} {{Medal|Silver|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|1991 Tokyo]]|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m]]}} {{Medal|Competition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}} {{Medal|Gold|[[1990 European Athletics Championships|1990 Split]]|[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m]]}} {{Medal|Gold|[[1994 European Athletics Championships|1994 Helsinki]]|[[1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m]]}} {{Medal|Silver|1990 Split|[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]}} }}

'''Jean-Charles Trouabal''' (born 20 May 1965 in [[Paris]]) is a retired [[France|French]] sprinter who specialized in the [[200 metres]].

At the [[1990 European Athletics Championships]] in [[Split (city)|Split]] the French team of [[Max Morinière]], [[Daniel Sangouma]], Trouabal and [[Bruno Marie-Rose]] improved the [[Men's 4 × 100 metres relay world record progression#Records since 1977|world record]] to 37.79 seconds. The record stood less than one year, as the [[Santa Monica Track Club]] from the United States team ran in 37.67 seconds at the 1991 [[Weltklasse Zurich]] meet.<ref>[http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/stats_athletics/worldrecords/100rly_m.asp Men's 4 x 100m. Relay. World Record Progression] - Sporting Heroes</ref>

He was born on the same day (20 May 1965) as his teammate [[Bruno Marie-Rose]].

==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{FRA}} |- |rowspan=2|1987 |[[Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade|Universiade]] |[[Zagreb, Yugoslavia]] |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4 × 100 m relay |[[Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|39.42]] |- |[[Athletics at the 1987 Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]] |[[Latakia, Syria]] |bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd |200 m |[[Athletics at the 1987 Mediterranean Games – Results#200 meters|20.88]] '''w''' |- |rowspan=2|1988 |[[1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]] |[[Budapest, Hungary]] |9th (sf) |200 m |[[1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres|21.31]] |- |[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] |[[Seoul, South Korea]] |25th (qf) |100 m |[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres|10.41]] |- |rowspan=4|1989 |rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1989 Jeux de la Francophonie|Jeux de la Francophonie]] |rowspan=2|[[Casablanca, Morocco]] |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |200 m |[[Athletics at the 1989 Jeux de la Francophonie – Results#200 meters|20.71]] |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 100 m relay |[[Athletics at the 1989 Jeux de la Francophonie – Results#4 × 100 meters relay|38.75]] |- |rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade|Universiade]] |rowspan=2|[[Duisburg, West Germany]] |4th |200 m |[[Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade – Men's 200 metres|20.68]] (w) |- |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |4 × 100 m relay |[[Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|39.67]] |- |rowspan=2|1990 |rowspan=2|[[1990 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] |rowspan=2|[[Split, Yugoslavia]] |bgcolor="silver"| 2nd |200 m |[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|20.31]] (0.0 m/s) |- |bgcolor="gold"| 1st |4 × 100 m relay |[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|37.79]] |- |rowspan=2|1991 |rowspan=2|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |rowspan=2|[[Tokyo, Japan]] |6th |200 m |[[1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 200 metres|20.58]] |- |bgcolor="silver"| 2nd |4 × 100 m relay |[[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|37.87]] |- |1992 |[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] |[[Barcelona, Spain]] | – |200 m |[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres|DNF]] |- |rowspan=4|1993 |rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1993 Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]] |rowspan=2|[[Narbonne, France]] |bgcolor="silver"| 2nd |100 m |[[Athletics at the 1993 Mediterranean Games – Results#100 meters|10.24]] |- |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |4 × 100 m relay |[[Athletics at the 1993 Mediterranean Games – Results#4 × 100 meters relay|38.96]] |- |rowspan=2|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |rowspan=2|[[Stuttgart, Germany]] | 6th |200 m |[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|20.20]] |- |7th (h) |4 × 100 m relay |[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.94]]1 |- |rowspan=3|1994 |rowspan=2|[[1994 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] |rowspan=2|[[Helsinki, Finland]] |5th |200 m |[[1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|20.70]] (-0.1 m/s) |- |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |4 × 100 m relay |[[1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.57]] |- |[[1994 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]] |[[London, United Kingdom]] |5th |4 × 100 m relay |[[1994 IAAF World Cup results#4 × 100 m relay|39.46]] |- |rowspan=2|1995 |rowspan=2|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |rowspan=2|[[Gothenburg, Sweden]] |10th (sf) |200 m |[[1995 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 200 metres|20.58]] |- |6th (h) |4 × 100 m relay |[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.82]]2 |} 1Disqualified in the semifinals 2Did not finish in the semifinals

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{World Athletics}}

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