{{short description|Gibraltarian sprinter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Jessy Franco | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|12|7|df=y}} | birth_place = | height = | weight = | sport = Athletics | event = Sprinting | education = | club = | coach = Fabian Franco | medaltemplates = }} '''Jessy Franco''' (born 7 December 1998) is a Gibraltarian sprinter.<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref> He represented his territory in the 400 metres at the 2019 World Championships in Doha without advancing from the first round but setting a new national record of 47.41.
He has a Gibraltarian father and Faroese mother who met when competing at the 1989 Island Games in athletics and gymnastics respectively.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gulraj |first1=Priya |title=Island Games love story comes full circle |url=https://www.chronicle.gi/island-games-love-story-comes-full-circle/ |publisher=Gibraltar Chronicle |accessdate=10 October 2019 |date=5 July 2019}}</ref> Jessy himself later competed at two editions of the Games. His older brother Julian was also a sprinter.
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GIB}} |- |rowspan=6|2015 |rowspan=3|Island Games |rowspan=3|Jersey |6th |100 m |11.22 |- |6th (h) |4 × 100 m relay |44.62 |- |5th |4 × 400 m relay |3:30.46 |- |European Junior Championships |Eskilstuna, Sweden |24th (h) |100 m |11.24 |- |rowspan=2|Commonwealth Youth Games |rowspan=2|Apia, Samoa |13th (sf) |200 m |22.57 (w) |- |9th (h) |400 m |50.62 |- |2016 |World U20 Championships |Bydgoszcz, Poland |32nd (h) |200 m |22.44 |- |rowspan=4|2018 |rowspan=2|Commonwealth Games |rowspan=2|Gold Coast, Australia |56th (h) |100 m |11.04 |- |35th (h) |400 m |48.40 |- |Championships of the Small States of Europe |Schaan, Liechtenstein |4th |400 m |49.69 |- |European Championships |Berlin, Germany |29th (h) |400 m |48.12 |- |rowspan=3|2019 |rowspan=2|Island Games |rowspan=2|Gibraltar |bgcolor=gold|1st |200 m |22.47 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |400 m |48.34 |- |World Championships |Doha, Qatar |35th (h) |400 m |47.41 |- |2023 |World Championships |Budapest, Hungary |54th (h) |200 m |22.04 |}
==Personal bests== '''Outdoor''' *100 metres – 10.90 (+0.4 m/s, Gibraltar 2018) NR *200 metres – 21.20 (+0.9 m/s, Pretoria 2016) *400 metres – 47.41 (Doha 2019) NR '''Indoor''' *200 metres – 22.34 (Antequera 2018)
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