Melvin Raffin (born 9 August 1998 in Bourg-la-Reine) is a French athlete specialising in the triple jump.
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). He is the current world junior record holder indoors.
Personal life Born in mainland France, Raffin is of Martiniquais descent.
International competitions Representing 2015World Youth ChampionshipsCali, Colombia11thTriple jump14.61 m2016World U20 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland3rdTriple jump16.37 m2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia5thTriple jump16.92 mEuropean U20 ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy3rdTriple jump16.82 mWorld ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom24th (q)Triple jump16.18 m2021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland14th (q)Triple jump15.29 mOlympic GamesTokyo, Japan11th (q)Triple jump16.83 m12022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia6thTriple jump16.68 m2025World Indoor ChampionshipsNanjing, China –Triple jumpNM2026World Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland –Triple jumpNM 1No mark in the final
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