Marc Raquil (born 2 April 1977) is a French runner of Martiniquais origin who competes in the 400 metres and 4 × 400 m relay. He won the 4 × 400 m relay gold medal and the 400 m silver medal at the 2003 World Championships. In 2004, his 4 × 400 m relay team was retroactively awarded gold medals after the United States 4 × 400 m relay team was stripped of its gold medals due to the failed drug tests of two members of the relay (Calvin Harrison and Jerome Young). Since Young had also finished first in the 400 m at the 2003 World Championships, the failed drug test also resulted in Raquil being retroactively awarded a silver medal in the 400 m. Raquil has also won three gold medals and one bronze medal at the European Indoor and Outdoor Championships.
Achievements Representing 1997European U23 ChampionshipsTurku, Finland4th4 × 400 m relay3:04.801999European U23 ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden3rd400 m46.184th4 × 400 m relay3:04.152000European Indoor Championships Ghent, Belgium 3rd400 metres47.28Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 4th4 × 400 m relay3:00.642003World Championships Paris, France 2nd400 metres44.79 1st4 × 400 m relay2:58.96World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 5th400 metres45.962005European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain 1st4 × 400 m relay3:07.90World Championships Helsinki, Finland 6th4 × 400 m relay3:03.102006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden 1st400 metres45.02 1st4 × 400 m relay3:01.10
Outdoor personal bests 200 metres - 21.03 (2001) 400 metres - 44.79 (2003) 800 metres - 1:50.90 (2003)
Later career Raquil was prevented by injuries from competing in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. He subsequently announced his retirement; nonetheless in February 2011 the French Anti-Doping Agency suspended him from competition for one year for failing to submit to periodic anti-doping tests.
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