About Melvin Raffin
Born 1998. Melvin Raffin is a French athletics competitor.
Melvin Raffin (born 9 August 1998 in Bourg-la-Reine) is a French athlete specialising in the triple jump.
Career Raffin represented his country at the 2017 World Championships without qualifying for the final. Additionally, he won bronze medals at the 2016 World U20 Championships and 2017 European U20 Championships.
His personal bests in the event are 16.85 metres outdoors (+0.6 m/s, Montgeron 2017) and 17.20 metres indoors (Belgrade 2017). He is the current world junior record holder indoors.
Personal life Born in mainland France, Raffin is of Martiniquais descent.
International competitions 1No mark in the final
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French athletics competitor
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Melvin Raffin was born on 9 August 1998 in Bourg-la-Reine.
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