Max Morinière (born 16 February 1964 in

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) is a retired

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sprinter who specialized in the

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Biography

At the

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, he won a bronze medal in the 4x100 metres relay with his team mates

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and Gilles Quenehervé. At the 1990 European Championships in

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the French team of Morinière,

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and

improved the

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to 37.79 seconds. The record stood less than one year, as the

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from the United States team ran in 37.67 seconds at the Weltklasse Zurich meet.Men's 4 x 100m. Relay. World Record Progression
- Sporting Heroes With 10.09 seconds he is also a former French record holder in the 100 metres.

International competitions

¹Representing Europe

References

* 1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Fort-de-France Martiniquais athletes French male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of France Olympic bronze medalists for France French people of Martiniquais descent World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for France Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1993 Mediterranean Games {{Martinique-sport-bio-stub