Laurence Elloy
Medal record | ||
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Women's athletics
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Representing France | ||
Mediterranean Games | ||
1979 Split | 100 m hurdles | |
IAAF World Indoor Games
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1985 Paris | 60 m hurdles |
Laurence Elloy-Machabey (born 3 December 1959) is a French
Internationally, she won a gold medal at the 1979 Mediterranean Games and a silver medal at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Games. She was a five-time outdoor national champion in the 100 m hurdles.
Career
Born in Rouen, she was the daughter of Colette Elloy – a 1952 Olympian for France in the 80 metres hurdles.[1] Running for the Stade Dieppe athletic club, she made her international debut as a teenager at the 1977 European Athletics Junior Championships (coming fourth)[2] then ran at the 1978 European Athletics Championships, where she competed in the 100 metres hurdles heats only.[3] She rose on the regional scene with a gold medal win at the 1979 Mediterranean Games, succeeding her compatriot Nadine Fricault to the title.[4] Elloy's first national title at the French Athletics Championships came in 1979 and she went on to win five such 100 m hurdles titles in the period up to 1986.[5]
In her early career she was a frequent representative for France, but did not make major finals. She appeared at the
In the 1986 season she was fifth at the 1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships and then sixth at the 1986 European Athletics Championships – her highest placing yet at an outdoor European final. A lifetime best run of 12.69 seconds in Moscow was a French record that lasted for nine years. It made her the eighth fastest hurdler that season. She gave her best performance on the global stage the following year with a time of 12.83 seconds in the final at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics.[9]
Elloy's final international appearances came in 1988, when she was fifth at the 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[9] She ranked third on the 1988 IAAF Grand Prix Final tour.[10] It was also the last year that she won a national title, doing so in the 60 m hurdles at the French Indoor Championships.[11]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1977 | European Junior Championships | Donetsk, Soviet Union | 4th | 100 m hurdles | 13.85 |
1978 | European Championships | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 23rd (h) | 100 m hurdles | 14.07 |
1979 | Mediterranean Games | Split , Yugoslavia
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1st | 100 m hurdles | 13.87 |
1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 10th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.33 |
1981 | European Indoor Championships | Grenoble, France | – | 50 m hurdles | DNF |
Universiade | Bucharest, Romania
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7th | 100 m hurdles | 13.54 | |
1982 | European Championships | Athens, Greece | 9th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.07 |
1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 9th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.08 |
1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 20th (h) | 100 m hurdles | 13.98 |
1985 | World Indoor Games | Paris, France | 2nd | 60 m hurdles | 8.08 |
European Indoor Championships | Piraeus, Greece | 4th | 60 m hurdles | 8.09 | |
European Cup B-final | Budapest, Hungary | 1st | 100 m hurdles | 13.15 | |
1986 | European Indoor Championships | Madrid, Spain | 5th | 60 m hurdles | 7.94 |
Goodwill Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 4th | 100 m hurdles | 12.75 | |
European Championships | Stuttgart, West Germany | 6th | 100 m hurdles | 12.93 | |
1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | 6th | 100 m hurdles | 12.83 |
1988 | European Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 5th | 60 m hurdles | 7.95 |
IAAF Grand Prix Final | West Berlin, West Germany | 3rd | 100 m hurdles | 42.5 pts | |
(#) Indicates overall position in qualifying heats (h) or semifinals (sf) |
National titles
References
- ^ a b Laurence Elloy-Machabey. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
- ^ European Junior Championships 1977. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
- European Athletics Association, pp. 427-435. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
- ^ Mediterranean Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
- ^ a b French Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
- ^ Larence Elloy-Machabey. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
- ^ IAAF World Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
- ^ European Cup B Final and First League. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
- ^ a b c Laurence Elloy. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
- ^ IAAF Grand Prix Final. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
- ^ a b French Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.
- Butler, Mark (toim.) (2005), IAAF (ed.), IAAF Statistics Handbook: Helsinki 2005, p. 173
- Siukonen, Markku; Ahola, Matti (1990), Sporttikustannus Oy (ed.), Suuri EM-kirja, p. 160, ISBN 951-8920-11-7
- Fédération Française d'Athlétisme, ed. (2003), Docathlé 2003 (in French), pp. 41, 117, 147, 175, 195, 214, 402, ISBN 2-9512343-3-3