Romain Barras (born 1 August 1980 in Calais, Pas-de-Calais) is a French decathlete. At the Universiade he finished fifth in 2001 and first in 2003, the latter in a personal-best score of 8,196 points. He represented France at the 2004 Summer Olympics and came in thirteenth place overall in the decathlon. He became the regional champion at the 2005 Mediterranean Games.
He improved his personal best to 8,298 points for third place at the 2007 TNT - Fortuna Meeting.Lubenský, Zdenek (2007-06-21). Sebrle is back on top of the world with an 8697pts score. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-03. He finished fifth in the decathlon at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and was twelfth at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. Barras set a personal best of 8,313 points to win at the 2010 European Cup Combined Events in Tallinn, Estonia.Estonia and France are the European Cup Combined Events Super League champions . European Athletics (2010-06-28). Retrieved on 2010-07-03.
On 29 July 2010, Barras won the decathlon gold medal at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona with a score of 8,453. He took part in the 2010 Décastar meeting in September and finished third with 8,180 points.van Kuijen, Hans (2010-09-19). Suarez and Chernova prevail in Talence - IAAF World Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-19.
Following the end of his competitive career, he focused on coaching and was a professor of sports and physical education.Romain Barras : « S'entraîner dans ces conditions-là, c'est un rêve ». Le Equipe (2018-03-02). Retrieved 2018-05-24.
Achievements Representing 2001European U23 ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands4thDecathlon7,821 ptsWorld Student Games Beijing, China5thDecathlon7,876 pts2003World Student Games Daegu, South Korea 1stDecathlon8,196 pts2004Olympic Games Athens, Greece13thDecathlon8,067 pts2005Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria5thDecathlon8,185 ptsMediterranean Games Almería, Spain 1stDecathlon8,127 ptsWorld Championships Helsinki, Finland7thDecathlon8,087 ptsDécastar Talence, France5thDecathlon8,060 pts2006Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria7thDecathlon8,138 ptsEuropean Championships Gothenburg, Sweden8thDecathlon8,093 pts2007European Indoor Championships Birmingham, England6thHeptathlon5,883 ptsHypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria10thDecathlon8,064 pts2008Olympic Games Beijing, China5thDecathlon8,253 pts2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany12thDecathlon8,204 pts2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain 1stDecathlon8,453 pts2011World Championships Daegu, South Korea11thDecathlon8,134 pts2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands6thDecathlon8,002 pts
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