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French sprinter (born 1990)

Christophe Lemaitre^[2] (French pronunciation:[kʁistɔfləmɛtʁ]; born 11 June 1990) is a former [1]Frenchsprinter who specialised in the 100 and 200 metres.

In 2010, Lemaitre became the first white athlete to break the 10-second barrier in an officially timed 100 m event. Lemaitre has run a sub-10 second 100m on seven occasions: three times in 2010 and four times in 2011. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2012 London Olympic Games and in the 200 metres at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.

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At the age of 20, Lemaitre won the 100 m, 200 m and the 4×100 m relay titles at the 2010 European Championships, the first French sprinter ever to achieve that triple. He was the fastest European 100 m and 200 m sprinter in 2010.^[3][4] He won a bronze medal in the 200 m at the 2011 World Championships.

As of August 2013, Lemaitre was one of the three Frenchmen (the other two are R