Just Kwaou-Mathey

Just Kwaou-Mathey (born 4 December 1999) is a French athlete who competes in the 110m hurdles.

Just Kwaou-Mathey
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1999-12-04) 4 December 1999
Paris, France
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
CountryFrance
SportAthletics
Event(s)110 metres hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)13.09: (Paris, 2023)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  France
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 Munich110 m hurdles
European Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 Istanbul60 m hurdles

Career

Junior

The French junior 60m champion in 2019, Kwaou-Mather finished fifth in the final of the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles in Tallinn, Estonia running 13.59 seconds.[1]

Senior

In June 2022, Kwaou-Mathey ran 13.30 in Geneva for the 110m hurdles to achieve the entry criteria for the upcoming 2022 World Athletics Championships.[2] A week later in Paris, he lowered his personal best to 13.27 seconds.[3] At the World Championships he qualified from the heats and in the semi-final ran a new personal best time of 13.25 in Eugene, Oregon, but missed out on a place in the final by 0.03 seconds.[4] He took this form into the 2022 European Athletics Championships and won the bronze medal, finishing third in the final in Munich in a time of 13.33.[5] In March 2023 at the European Athletics Indoor Championships he won a bronze medal again, in the 60m hurdles.[6]

He competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, where he reached the semi-finals.[7]

Personal life

He is friends with footballer Dayot Upamecano and gave him tickets for the European Championships in Munich, where Upamecano plays football for Bayern Munich, and where Kwaou-Mathey won a bronze medal.[8]

References
  1. "KWAOU-MATHEY Just". europeanathletics.com.
  2. "The minima for the Eugene Worlds for Kwaou-Mathey and Bapté in Geneva". Lequipe.
  3. "Fraser-Pryce, queen of the 100m, Robert prince of the 800m at the Paris meeting". Lequipe.
  4. "World Championships-Results Men 2022". www.the-sports.org.
  5. "Martinez finishes day three with a flourish after thrilling 110m hurdles". Athletics Weekly.
  6. "Just Kwaou-Mathey third in the 60m hurdles at the Euro indoor". Lequipe.fr. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  7. "Men's 110m Hurdles Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  8. "Five things to know about Just Kwaou-Mathey, 3rd in the 110m hurdles at the European Championships". ouest-france.fr.
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