{{Short description|French pole vaulter (born 1980)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Nicolas Guigon | image = NicolasGuigon01.jpg | caption = Guigon in 2017 | fullname = Nicolas Guigon | nickname = | nationality = {{FRA}} | sport = Athletics | event = Pole vault | collegeteam = | club = ASPTT Grenoble | coach = Philippe d'Encausse | pb = '''Pole vault''': 5.75 (2004) | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|10|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = Échirolles, France | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.81|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|68|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | medaltemplates = | updated = }}
'''Nicolas Guigon''' (born 10 October 1980 in Échirolles) is a French pole vaulter.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Nicolas Guigon|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/nicolas-guigon-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417202943/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/nicolas-guigon-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 16 March 2015}}</ref> Representing his nation France in the men's pole vault at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Guigon cleared a height at 5.75 metres to set his own personal best from the national athletics meet in Reims.<ref name=guigon-athens>{{cite news|title=Athlé Info – Lundi 26 Juillet 2004: Les performances de la semaine|trans-title=Athlé Info – Monday, June 26, 2004: The performance of the week|language=fr|url=http://www.athle.fr/asp.net/main.news/news.aspx?newsid=1513|publisher=Athle.fr|date=26 June 2004|accessdate=17 March 2015}}</ref> Throughout his sporting career, Guigon trained for the track and field club ASPTT Grenoble, under his personal coach, 1991 Mediterranean Games champion, and two-time Olympian Philippe d'Encausse (1988 and 1992).<ref>{{cite news|title=Athlé.fr Profile – Nicolas Guigon|language=fr|url=http://bases.athle.com/asp.net/athletes.aspx?base=biographies&id=0&frmparametre=GUIGONNICOLASM&mode=0&espace=0|publisher=Athle.fr|accessdate=17 March 2015}}</ref>
Guigon qualified for the French squad in the men's pole vault at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Two months before the Games, he registered a personal best clearance and an Olympic A-standard of 5.75 m to secure a spot on the French team at the national athletics meet in Reims.<ref name=guigon-athens/> During the prelims, Guigon started off with a single foul, until he successfully surpassed 5.30 m on the second attempt. Failing to clear his next targeted height of 5.50 m after three straight misses, Guigon shared a thirty-first spot with Poland's Adam Kolasa throughout the overall standings, and did not advance past the qualifying round.<ref>{{cite web|title=IAAF Athens 2004: Men's Pole Vault Qualification|url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/olympic-games/28th-olympic-games-3201/results/men/pole-vault/qualification/summary|work=Athens 2004|publisher=IAAF|accessdate=17 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Doucouré, le sauveur|trans-title=Doucouré, the savior|language=fr|url=http://www.eurosport.fr/athletisme/athenes/2004/doucoure-le-sauveur_sto631164/story.shtml|publisher=Eurosport|date=25 August 2004|accessdate=17 March 2015}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{World Athletics}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Guigon, Nicolas}} Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:French men pole vaulters Category:Olympic athletes for France Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:Sportspeople from Échirolles Category:Athletes from Isère Category:20th-century French sportsmen Category:21st-century French sportsmen Category:French Athletics Championships winners
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