Nicolas Guigon | |
Fullname: | Nicolas Guigon |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Pole vault |
Club: | ASPTT Grenoble |
Coach: | Philippe d'Encausse |
Pb: | Pole vault: 5.75 (2004) |
Birth Date: | 10 October 1980 |
Birth Place: | Échirolles, France |
Weight: | 680NaN0 |
Nicolas Guigon (born 10 October 1980 in Échirolles) is a French pole vaulter.[1] Representing his nation France in the men's pole vault at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Guigon cleared a height at 5.75 metres to set his own personal best from the national athletics meet in Reims.[2] Throughout his sporting career, Guigon trained for the track and field club ASPTT Grenoble, under his personal coach, 1991 Mediterranean Games champion, and two-time Olympian Philippe d'Encausse (1988 and 1992).[3]
Guigon qualified for the French squad in the men's pole vault at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Two months before the Games, he registered a personal best clearance and an Olympic A-standard of 5.75 m to secure a spot on the French team at the national athletics meet in Reims.[2] During the prelims, Guigon started off with a single foul, until he successfully surpassed 5.30 m on the second attempt. Failing to clear his next targeted height of 5.50 m after three straight misses, Guigon shared a thirty-first spot with Poland's Adam Kolasa throughout the overall standings, and did not advance past the qualifying round.[4] [5]