Guillaume Thierry

Guillaume Thierry (born 15 September 1986) is a Mauritian track and field athlete. He first represented his country at pole vault in which he competed at the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics held in Sherbrooke, Canada. He now competes in the decathlon and holds the Mauritian national record set on 11–12 September 2013 in Nice, France at the VII Francophone Games. He is the first Mauritian ever to score more than 7000 points in this event.

Private life Patrick Guillaume Lloyd Thierry was born in Moka, La Clinique Mauricienne. He went to college at St Andrews School and then attended the University of Mauritius where he completed a Degree in Management in August 2008 and a Master in Human Resource Studies in November 2010. He also completed computer studies at ICL (Innovative and Creative Learning Ltd. ) on Computer Repairs and Maintenance and Networking. He married Anna-Louisa Leveque on 15 December 2012. Their daughter Colleen was born on 17 May 2013.

Sporting career Thierry's was first coached by Jean Chelin and then by Jacque Dudal. When Dudal had medical issues and left Mauritius for further medication Thierry trained alone for a while and then spent three weeks in South Africa with Bob Cervenka. During this time he finished 13th, with a new National Record of 4.70m, at the World Youth Championships. He was potted by decathlon coach Aleksandr Nevskiy and changed to this event after finishing his Higher School Certificate.

Personal bests All events referenced from All-Athletics.com. Event Performance Note Place Date 100 metres 11.22 11.17 Wind 1.3 m/s +7.1 m/s Maputo, Mozambique Arles, France 11 September 2011 2 June 2007 400 metres 50.94 Madagascar 2007 1,500 metres 4:45.61 Nice, France 13 September 2013 110 metres hurdles 14.89 Mauritius 2011 High jump 1.92 Bambous, Mauritius April 2014 Pole vault 5.00 Madagascar 2007 Long jump 7.25 Wind 1.9 m/s Mauritius 10 April 2010 Shot put 15.25 Mauritius 16 April 2011 Discus throw 47.68 Maputo 12 September 2011 Javelin throw 66,39 France May 2014 Decathlon 7537 National record Bambous, Mauritius April 2014

International results 2003 World Youth Championships Sherbrooke, Canada th Pole vault 4.70m 2005 African Combined Events Championships Tunis, Tunisia st Decathlon (junior) 6697 African Junior Championships Radès, Tunisia st Decathlon 6838 2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia th Decathlon 6746 African ChampionshipsBambous, Mauritius 5th Pole vault 4.20 m 6th Decathlon 66022007 Mauritian Championships Moka-Réduit, Mauritius st Decathlon 7192 All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria th Decathlon 7186 Indian Ocean Island Games Antananarivo, Madagascar st Decathlon 7283 2008 African Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia DNF Decathlon – 2010 African Combined Events Championships Moka-Réduit, Mauritius rd Decathlon 7179 African Championships Nairobi, Kenya rd Decathlon 7100 th Pole vault 4.20 m 2011 African Combined Events Championships Moka-Réduit, Mauritius nd Decathlon 7444 Indian Ocean Games Victoria, Seychelles nd Decathlon 7456 All Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique nd Decathlon 74812012 African Combined Events Championships Moka-Réduit, Mauritius nd Decathlon 7356 African Championships Porto-Novo, Benin rd Decathlon 6995 2013 African Combined Events Championships Moka-Réduit, Mauritius st Decathlon 7049 Francophone Games Nice, France rd Decathlon 7511 2014 African Combined Events Championships Bambous, Mauritius nd Decathlon 7537 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom th Decathlon 7303 African Championships Marrakesh, Morocco nd Decathlon 7312