Frédéric Krantz
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Frédéric Krantz is a French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres
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At the 1998 European Championships
he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay
with teammates Thierry Lubin
, Christophe Cheval
and Needy Guims
. As the European champions Great Britain fielded their own World Cup team, the French relay team was selected to represent Europe at the 1998 IAAF World Cup, finishing sixth while Great Britain won the event.
Krantz later finished fifth in relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics
, this time with teammates Cheval, Guims and David Patros
. He also competed in the 2004 Olympic relay and reached the 200 m quarterfinals of the 2001 World Championships
.
His personal best time was 20.49 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Saint-Étienne
.
200 metres
A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...
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At the 1998 European Championships
1998 European Championships in Athletics
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he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay
4 x 100 metres relay
The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...
with teammates Thierry Lubin
Thierry Lubin
Thierry Lubin is a French sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.At the 1998 European Championships he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Christophe Cheval, Frederic Krantz and Needy Guims...
, Christophe Cheval
Christophe Cheval
Christophe Cheval is a French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.At the 1998 European Championships he finished sixth in his main event and won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Thierry Lubin, Frederic Krantz and Needy Guims...
and Needy Guims
Needy Guims
Needy Guims is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.At the 1998 European Championships he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Thierry Lubin, Frederic Krantz and Christophe Cheval...
. As the European champions Great Britain fielded their own World Cup team, the French relay team was selected to represent Europe at the 1998 IAAF World Cup, finishing sixth while Great Britain won the event.
Krantz later finished fifth in relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
, this time with teammates Cheval, Guims and David Patros
David Patros
David Patros is a retired French sprinter.He finished fifth in relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics, with teammates Frédéric Krantz, Christophe Cheval and Needy Guims...
. He also competed in the 2004 Olympic relay and reached the 200 m quarterfinals of the 2001 World Championships
2001 World Championships in Athletics
The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between 3 August and 12 August and was the first time the event had visited North America...
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His personal best time was 20.49 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne is a city in eastern central France. It is located in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Rhône-Alpes region, along the trunk road that connects Toulouse with Lyon...
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