{{short description|French triple jumper}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Melvin Raffin | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|08|9|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bourg-la-Reine, France<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bases.athle.com/asp.net/athletes.aspx?base=biographies&seq=435642574257504943564455 |title=Melvin Raffin |website=bases.athle.com |language=fr |publisher=Fédération française d'athlétisme |access-date=2017-08-11 |archive-date=2020-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009004314/https://bases.athle.fr/asp.net/athletes.aspx?base=biographies&seq=435642574257504943564455 |url-status=live}}</ref> | height = 1.86 m | weight = 66 kg | sport = Athletics | event = Triple jump | education = | club = Entente Nîmes Athlétisme<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.european-athletics.org/athletes/group=r/athlete=97151-raffin-melvin/index.html |title=Melvin Raffin |website=European-Athletics.org |publisher=European Athletic Association |access-date=2017-08-11 |archive-date=2017-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812021310/http://www.european-athletics.org/athletes/group=r/athlete=97151-raffin-melvin/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> | coach = Laurence Bily<br>Teddy Tamgho | medaltemplates = }}
'''Melvin Raffin''' (born 9 August 1998 in Bourg-la-Reine) is a French athlete specialising in the triple jump.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/athcode=291992l |title=Melvin Raffin |website=IAAF.org |publisher=International Association of Athletics Federations |access-date=2017-08-11 |archive-date=9 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009005606/https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/france/melvin-raffin-14630541 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Career== Raffin represented his country at the 2017 World Championships without qualifying for the final. Additionally, he won bronze medals at the 2016 World U20 Championships and 2017 European U20 Championships.
His personal bests in the event are 16.85 metres outdoors (+0.6 m/s, Montgeron 2017) and 17.20 metres indoors (Belgrade 2017).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.all-athletics.com/node/939365 |title=Melvin Raffin |website=All-Athletics.com |access-date=2017-08-11 |archive-date=2017-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812021425/http://www.all-athletics.com/node/939365 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He is the current world junior record holder indoors.
==Personal life== Born in mainland France, Raffin is of Martiniquais descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://inisport.com/actualites/athletisme/ile-de-france-athletisme/championnats-deurope-en-salle-les-athletes-ultramarins-et-afro-francais-de-la-selection-francaise/|title=Championnats d'Europe en salle : les athlètes ultramarins et afro-français de la sélection française}}</ref>
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{FRA}} |- |2015 |World Youth Championships |Cali, Colombia |11th |Triple jump |14.61 m |- |2016 |World U20 Championships |Bydgoszcz, Poland |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Triple jump |16.37 m |- |rowspan=3|2017 |European Indoor Championships |Belgrade, Serbia |5th |Triple jump |16.92 m |- |European U20 Championships |Grosseto, Italy |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Triple jump |16.82 m |- |World Championships |London, United Kingdom |24th (q) |Triple jump |16.18 m |- |rowspan=2|2021 |European Indoor Championships |Toruń, Poland |14th (q) |Triple jump |15.29 m |- |Olympic Games |Tokyo, Japan |11th (q) |Triple jump |16.83 m<sup>1</sup> |- |2022 |World Indoor Championships |Belgrade, Serbia |6th |Triple jump |16.68 m |- |2025 |World Indoor Championships |Nanjing, China | – |Triple jump |NM |- |2026 |World Indoor Championships |Toruń, Poland | – |Triple jump |NM |} <sup>1</sup>No mark in the final
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Athletics|14630541}} * {{European Athletics|14630541|old_id=r/athlete=97151-raffin-melvin|archive=20201010041728}} * {{FFA|new_id=899187|old_id=435642574257504943564455}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats|3000036018}} * {{Team France}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Raffin, Melvin}} Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:French men triple jumpers Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for France Category:Sportspeople from Bourg-la-Reine Category:Athletes from Hauts-de-Seine Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for France Category:French people of Martiniquais descent Category:21st-century French sportsmen
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