Romain Barras (born 1 August 1980 in

Calais Calais ( , , traditionally , ) is a French port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture. Calais is the largest city in Pas-de-Calais. The population of the city proper is 67,544; that of the urban area is 144,6 ...

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) is a French decathlete. At the Universiade he finished fifth in

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and first in

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, the latter in a personal-best score of 8,196 points. He represented France at the

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and came in thirteenth place overall in the decathlon. He became the regional champion at the 2005 Mediterranean Games. He improved his personal best to 8,298 points for third place at the 2007 TNT - Fortuna Meeting. He finished fifth in the decathlon at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and was twelfth at the

2009 World Championships in Athletics The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () were held in Berlin, Germany from 15 to 23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenbu ...

. Barras set a personal best of 8,313 points to win at the 2010 European Cup Combined Events in

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, Estonia. On 29 July 2010, Barras won the decathlon gold medal at the 2010 European Championships in

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with a score of 8,453. He took part in the 2010 Décastar meeting in September and finished third with 8,180 points. Following the end of his competitive career, he focused on coaching and was a professor of sports and physical education.Romain Barras : « S'entraîner dans ces conditions-là, c'est un rêve »
''Le Equipe'' (2018-03-02). Retrieved 2018-05-24.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barras, Romain 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Calais Athletes from Pas-de-Calais French decathletes Olympic decathletes Olympic athletes for France Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships athletes for France European Athletics Championships medalists Academics of physical education and sport Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for France Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade French Athletics Championships winners