Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

Laurence_Manfredi

Laurence Manfredi (born 20 May 1974 in Gap, Hautes-Alpes) is a French shot putter.
She finished fifth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. She also competed at the World Championships in 1997, 1999 and 2003 and the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004 without reaching the final round.Manfredi has been a dominating figure in the national competitions – a win at the 2010 French Indoor Championships was the 30th national title of her career.Her personal best throw is 18.68 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Castres.

Julien_Kapek

Julien Kapek (born 12 January 1979 in Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French triple jumper.
His personal best is 17.38 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Tomblaine. This result places him fourth on the all-time French performers list, only behind Serge Hélan and Karl Taillepierre.

Nicolas_Figère

Nicolas Figère (born 19 May 1979 in Moulins) is a male hammer thrower from France. His personal best throw is 80.88 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Amsterdam.
In 2007 he tested positive for doping, in an in-competition test conducted at the 2007 European Cup in Munich. He received a one-month suspension.

Kafétien_Gomis

Kafétien Gomis (born 23 March 1980 in Saint-Quentin, Aisne) is a French long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.24 metres, achieved in August 2010.
He finished ninth at the 2003 Summer Universiade, seventh at the 2005 Summer Universiade, fifth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and fourth at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He also competed in the 2004 Olympics, but failed to qualify from his qualification pool.
He came fourth at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships with an indoor personal best of 8.12 metres and he represented France later that year at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics (although he did not make the final). He was knocked out in the qualification round at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships but he excelled outdoors that season, jumping a best of 8.24 m to win the silver medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships – his first major medal.

Marie_Collonvillé

Marie Collonvillé (born 23 November 1973 in Amiens) is a French heptathlete.
She was the first-ever IAAF-recognised world record holder in the women's decathlon; the event was officially recognised from 1 January 2005, and her mark of 8160 set in Talence on 26 September 2004 was broken by Austra Skujytė on 15 April 2005.She was a regular competitor at the annual Hypo-Meeting.

Salim_Sdiri

Salim Sdiri (born 26 October 1978) is a French long jumper of Tunisian descent. His personal best is 8.42 metres, achieved in June 2009 at Pierre-Bénite, which is the current French national record. He is also the French national record holder for indoor long jump with an 8.27 m jump in 2006. He has jumped eight meters or more every season since 2002 and has a bronze medallion from the 2007 European Indoor Athletics Championships.