Muriel Hurtis-Houairi

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Muriel Hurtis-Houairi
Hurtis at the 2013 French Athletics Championships
Personal information
Born (1979-03-25) 25 March 1979 (age 45)
Bondy, France
Height1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country France
SportAthletics
Event4 × 400m Relay
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens 4x100 m relay
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 Seville
4x100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2001 Edmonton 4x100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2003 Paris 4x100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Paris 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Moscow 4×400 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Munich 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2002 Munich
4x100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2014 Zürich
4 x 400 m
Continental Cup
Silver medal – second place 2002 Madrid 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Madrid 4x100 m relay
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Birmingham 200 m
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Ghent 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2002 Vienna 200 m
Bronze medal – third place
2011 Paris
4x400 m relay
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Gothenburg 4x400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1999 Gothenburg 200 m
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Annecy 200 m
Silver medal – second place 1998 Annecy 4x100 m relay
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Ljubljana 4x400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1997 Ljubljana 200 m

Muriel Hurtis-Houairi (born 25 March 1979) is a French

4×100 metres relay
with France.

Her form faltered over the next few years and she failed to get past the quarter-final stage at the

French indoor record
holder over 200 m.

Career

Her first major success came at the

4×100 metres relay team and scored a silver medal alongside Sylviane Félix, Frédérique Bangué, and Odiah Sidibé. Hurtis made her Olympic debut the following year at the 2000 Summer Olympics and again she reached the semi-finals, this time finishing in seventh place. Hurtis's first global final came at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships, where she finished in fifth. She also helped the French relay team to the World silver medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics
later that year.

European and World medals

The 2002 season marked a significant career progression for Hurtis, beginning with the gold medal at the

Debbie Ferguson
.

She continued her strong form into 2003, recording a French indoor record of 22.49 seconds in the 200 m at the

banned substances and Hurtis was upgraded to the bronze medal. Further complicating the situation, Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, who was upgraded to the gold medal was banned six months later for steroid use.[3] Hurtis went on to win her second medal of the competition by winning the relay with Sylviane Félix, Christine Arron and Patricia Girard. At the inaugural 2003 IAAF World Athletics Final
, she won the 200 m gold and took fifth in the 100 m.

Drop in form

With the removal of the 200 m from the World Indoor programme, Hurtis took part in her first global

Athens, Greece
.

Hurtis-Houairi represented

Lina Jacques-Sebastien and Carima Louami. In their first round heat they did not finish and were eliminated due to a mistake with the baton exchange.[1]

A number of injuries to her hamstring interrupted her career in 2009 and 2010, but she returned to the track in May 2010 and ran the 400 metres in 53.65 seconds. Encouraged by her quick performance, given that she had not attempted distance competitively since 1998, she did not rule out a switch to the longer distance. However, she said her main focus remained the 200 m.[4]

Personal bests

Event Time (sec) Venue Date
50 metres 6.14 Liévin, France 23 February 2003
60 metres 7.09 Liévin, France 23 February 2003
100 metres 10.96 Annecy, France 22 June 2002
150 metres 17.35 Nantes, France 22 September 1999
200 metres 22.31
Seville, Spain
 24 August 1999
400 metres 51.41 Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, France 22 May 2010
100 metres (indoor) 11.28 Tampere, Finland 4 February 2002
200 metres (indoor) 22.49
NR
 Birmingham, United Kingdom 14 March 2003
  • All information taken from IAAF profile.

References

  1. ^
    The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original
    on 9 September 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
  2. IAAF
    (23 May 2010). Retrieved on 4 June 2010.
  3. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 4 June 2010.
  4. European Athletics
    (12 May 2010). Retrieved on 4 June 2010.

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