Lina Jacques-Sébastien

Lina Jacques-Sébastien (born 10 April 1985 in Créteil, France) is a French sprint athlete who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres.

Biography

She finished sixth in the 100 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships,[1] and also won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay.[2] She won the silver medal in the 100 metres at the 2005 European U23 Championships,[3] and in the 200 metres at the 2005 Mediterranean Games.[4] She competed at the 2005 European Indoor Championships and the 2009 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final.[1]

In the 4 × 100 metres relay she finished fourth at the 2005 World Championships.[5] She also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games together with Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, Myriam Soumaré and Carima Louami, but in their first round heat they did not finish and were eliminated due to a mistake with the baton exchange. Jacques-Sebastien later won a silver medal at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie.

Her personal best times are 7.35 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor), achieved in February 2008 in Bordeaux; 11.30 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Sotteville-lès-Rouen; and 22.59 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona.[1]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing France
2003	European Junior Championships	Tampere, Finland	11th (h)	100 m	11.91
2003	European Junior Championships	Tampere, Finland	1st	4 × 100 m relay	44.60
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	6th	100m	11.58 (wind: +1.5 m/s)
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	43.68
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	5th (sf)	200 m	23.49
	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	2nd	200 m	23.75
	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	1st	4 × 100 m relay	43.75
	European U23 Championships	Erfurt, Germany	2nd	100m	11.46 (wind: +1.5 m/s)
			6th	200m	23.91 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	44.22
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	4 × 100 m relay	42.85
2007	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	12th (sf)	100 m	11.98
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	18th (h)	60 m	7.43
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Beirut, Lebanon	6th	200 m	24.80
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Beirut, Lebanon	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	45.19
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	5th	200 m	22.59
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	42.45
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	5th	4 × 100 m relay	42.70

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