Guillaume_Thierry

Guillaume Thierry

Guillaume Thierry

Mauritian athlete

Guillaume Thierry (born 15 September 1986) is a track and field athlete from the Republic of Mauritius. He first represented his country at pole vault in which he competed at the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics held in Sherbrooke, Canada.[1] He now competes in the decathlon and holds the Mauritian national record set on 11–12 September 2013 in Nice, France at the VII Francophone Games.[2] He is the first Mauritian ever to score more than 7000 points in this event.[3]

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Private life

Patrick Guillaume Llyod Thierry was born in Moka, La Clinique Mauricienne. He went to college at St Andrews School[4] and then attended the University of Mauritius[5] where he completed a Degree in Management in August 2008 and a Master in Human Resource Studies in November 2010. He also completed computer studies at ICL (Innovative and Creative Learning Ltd.[6]) on Computer Repairs and Maintenance and Networking. He married Anna-Louisa Leveque on 15 December 2012. Their daughter Colleen was born on 17 May 2013.

Finishing the 1500m for the International Meet 2013
Pole Vaulting

Sporting career

Thierry's was first coached by Jean Chelin and then by Jacque Dudal.[7][8][9] When Dudal had medical issues and left Mauritius for further medication Thierry trained alone for a while and then spent three weeks in South Africa with Bob Cervenka.[10] During this time he finished 13th, with a new National Record of 4.70m, at the World Youth Championships.[11] He was potted by decathlon coach Aleksandr Nevskiy and changed to this event after finishing his Higher School Certificate.

Personal bests

All events referenced from All-Athletics.com.[12]

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Javelin Throw - International Meet 2013

International results

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References

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    Dudal, Jacques. "Hommage à un Grand Monsieur - Jacques Dudal". Le Mauricien. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
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    Chelin, Jean. "Questions à Jean Chelin, professeur d'EPS au collège Saint-Esprit". Lekip. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
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    Pole vault
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    "Bob Cervenka - Head Coach". Jump High Athletic Club. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
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    "World Youth Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
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    "Guillaume Thierry franchit le cap des 7 000 points". Lexpress. 20 April 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
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    "ATHLÉTISME: Guillaume Thierry décroche l'argent au décathlon | le Mauricien". Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
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    "COMITE-ISERE.ATHLE.ORG | Bastien AUZEIL 1er aux Jeux de la Francophonie". comite-isere.athle.org.
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