Stéphan Buckland

Stéphan Buckland

Stéphan Buckland (also written "Stéphane Buckland;" born January 12, 1977) is a Mauritian athlete competing in the 200 metres.

Buckland comes from the small island of Mauritius where there are quite a few sporting icons such as Vikash Dhorasoo who is a Franco-Mauritian, Eric Milazar who is a 400m runner and bantamweight boxer Bruno Julie. He is regarded as a hero in his country for his sporting achievements and his contributions on poverty.

Buckand, came sixth in the 200m Men final at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Buckland represented Mauritius at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 200 metres where he placed third in his first round heat in a time of 20.98 seconds. He improved his time in the second round to 20.27 seconds, but only finished fifth in his heat. His time was still enough to advance to the semi finals, but he was unable to make it to the finals. In his semi final race he placed sixth with a time of 20.48 seconds. [ [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/AT.shtml Beijing 2008, Men's 200m] , beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 31, 2008]

Achievements

*6th IAAF World Athletics Final (2008), Stuttgart - first place
*2006 Commonwealth Games in Athletics, Melbourne - second place
*2005 World Championships in Athletics, Helsinki - fifth place
*2004 Summer Olympics, Athens - sixth place
*2003 World Championships in Athletics, Paris - fifth place
*2001 World Championships in Athletics, Edmonton - sixth place
*2nd IAAF World Athletics Final - third place
*1st IAAF World Athletics Final - third place

External links

* [http://www.stephanbuckland.com/ Official website of Stéphan Buckland]
* [http://www.iaaf.org/news/athletes/newsid=27098.html IAAF: Focus on Athletes]


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