# Jean-Charles Trouabal > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jean-Charles_Trouabal > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jean-Charles_Trouabal.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Charles_Trouabal > Source revision: 1339218174 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) French sprinter Jean-Charles Trouabal Personal information Born (1965-05-20) 20 May 1965 (age 61) **Jean-Charles Trouabal** (born 20 May 1965 in [Paris](/source/Paris)) is a retired [French](/source/France) sprinter who specialized in the [200 metres](/source/200_metres). At the [1990 European Athletics Championships](/source/1990_European_Athletics_Championships) in [Split](/source/Split_(city)) the French team of [Max Morinière](/source/Max_Morini%C3%A8re), [Daniel Sangouma](/source/Daniel_Sangouma), Trouabal and [Bruno Marie-Rose](/source/Bruno_Marie-Rose) improved the [world record](/source/Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay_world_record_progression#Records_since_1977) to 37.79 seconds. The record stood less than one year, as the [Santa Monica Track Club](/source/Santa_Monica_Track_Club) from the United States team ran in 37.67 seconds at the 1991 [Weltklasse Zurich](/source/Weltklasse_Zurich) meet.[1] He was born on the same day (20 May 1965) as his teammate [Bruno Marie-Rose](/source/Bruno_Marie-Rose). ## International competitions Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing France 1987 Universiade Zagreb, Yugoslavia 2nd 4 × 100 m relay 39.42 Mediterranean Games Latakia, Syria 3rd 200 m 20.88 w 1988 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 9th (sf) 200 m 21.31 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 25th (qf) 100 m 10.41 1989 Jeux de la Francophonie Casablanca, Morocco 3rd 200 m 20.71 1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.75 Universiade Duisburg, West Germany 4th 200 m 20.68 (w) 3rd 4 × 100 m relay 39.67 1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 2nd 200 m 20.31 (0.0 m/s) 1st 4 × 100 m relay 37.79 1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 6th 200 m 20.58 2nd 4 × 100 m relay 37.87 1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain – 200 m DNF 1993 Mediterranean Games Narbonne, France 2nd 100 m 10.24 1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.96 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 6th 200 m 20.20 7th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 38.941 1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 5th 200 m 20.70 (-0.1 m/s) 1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.57 World Cup London, United Kingdom 5th 4 × 100 m relay 39.46 1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 10th (sf) 200 m 20.58 6th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 38.822 1Disqualified in the semifinals 2Did not finish in the semifinals ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Men's 4 x 100m. Relay. World Record Progression](http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/stats_athletics/worldrecords/100rly_m.asp) - Sporting Heroes ## External links - [Jean-Charles Trouabal](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14187922) at [World Athletics](/source/World_Athletics) v t e European Athletics Championships champions in men's 4 × 100 metres relay 1934: Germany (Schein, Gillmeister, Hornberger, Borchmeyer) 1938: Germany (Kersch, Hornberger, Neckermann, Scheuring) 1946: Sweden (Danielsson, Nilsson, Laessker, Håkansson) 1950: Soviet Union (Sukharev, Kalyayev, Sanadze, Karakulov) 1954: Hungary (Zarándi, Varasdi, Csányi, Goldoványi) 1958: West Germany (Mahlendorf, Hary, Fütterer, Germar) 1962: West Germany (Ulonska, Gamper, Bender, Germar) 1966: France (Berger, Delecour, Piquemal, Bambuck) 1969: France (Sarteur, Bourbeillon, Fenouil, St.-Gilles) 1971: Czechoslovakia (Kříž, Demeč, Kynos, Bohman) 1974: France (Sainte-Rose, Arame, Cherrier, Chauvelot) 1978: Poland (Nowosz, Licznerski, Dunecki, Woronin) 1982: Soviet Union (Sokolov, Aksinin, Prokofyev, Sidorov) 1986: Soviet Union (Yevgenyev, Yuschmanov, Muravyov, Bryzhin) 1990: France (Morinière, Sangouma, Trouabal, Marie-Rose) 1994: France (Lomba, Perrot, Trouabal, Sangouma) 1998: Great Britain (Condon, Campbell, Walker, Golding) 2002: Ukraine (Vasyukov, Rurak, Dovhal, Kaydash) 2006: Great Britain (Chambers, Campbell, Devonish, Lewis-Francis) 2010: France (Vicaut, Lemaitre, Pessonneaux, Mbandjock) 2012: Netherlands (Mariano, Martina, Codrington, van Luijk) 2014: Great Britain (Gemili, Kilty, Aikines-Aryeetey, Ellington) 2016: Great Britain (Dasaolu, Gemili, Ellington, Ujah) 2018: Great Britain (Ujah, Hughes, Gemili, Aikines-Aryeetey) 2022: Great Britain (Azu, Hughes, Efoloko, Mitchell-Blake) 2024: Italy (Melluzo, Jacobs, Patta, Tortu, Rigali, Simonelli) v t e Mediterranean Games champions in men's 4×100 metres relay 1951: Italy (Montanari, Leccese, Siddi, Frizzoni) 1955: Italy (D'Asnasch, Ghiselli, Gnocchi, Montanari) 1959: France (David, Brakchi, Cahen, Genevay) 1963: Italy (Berruti, Giannattasio, Ottolina, Sardi) 1967: Italy (Giani, Preatoni, Giannattasio, Laverda) 1971: Italy (Preatoni, Abeti, Guerini, Mennea) 1975: France (Chauvelot, Échevin, Arame, Sainte-Rose) 1979: Italy (Lazzer, Caravani, Grazioli, Mennea) 1983: Italy (Tilli, Simionato, Pavoni, Mennea) 1987: Italy (Madonia, Tilli, Catalano, Floris) 1991: Italy (Longo, Simionato, Floris, Madonia) 1993: France (Morinière, Sangouma, Trouabal, Marie-Rose) 1997: Italy (Asuni, Puggioni, Cipolloni, Floris) 2001: Italy (Scuderi, Torrieri, Checcucci, Colombo) 2005: Italy (Verdecchia, Attene, Donati, Torrieri) 2009: Italy (Checcucci, Collio, Di Gregorio, Cerutti) 2013: Italy (Collio, Manenti, Riparelli, Tumi) 2018: Italy (Cattaneo, Desalu, Manenti, Tortu) 2022: Italy (Federici, Meluzzo, Pettorossi, Rigali) Authority control databases: People World Athletics This biographical article about a French sprinter is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:France-sprint-bio-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AFrance-sprint-bio-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:France-sprint-bio-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jean-Charles Trouabal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Charles_Trouabal) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Charles_Trouabal?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.