Clément Ducos

Clement Ducos

Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(2001-03-04) 4 March 2001 (age 23)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400m: 46.79 (Orlando, 2023) 400m hurdles: 47.76 (Paris, 2024)

Clément Ducos (born 4 March 2001) is a French hurdler. He was the French indoor champion over 400 metres in 2022.[1]

Early life

From Bordeaux, he is a member of Bordeaux Etudiant Club.[2]

Career

Ducos reached the final of the 400m hurdles at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival in Győr, Hungary.[3]

Ducos was a surprise winner of the French national indoor championships in 2022 over 400 metres.[4] He was selected for the 400 metres hurdles at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships.[5]

On 5 April 2024, in Knoxville, United States, he set a new personal best in the 400 m hurdles of 49.03 seconds.[6] The following week, in Gainesville, United States he improved his personal best by going under 49 seconds for the first time. His time of 48.26 seconds placed him as the 5th best French performer of all time in the 400m hurdles and achieved the qualifying standard for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[7]

Ducos ran at the SEC Outdoor Championships in May 2024, and was times at 47.69 for the 400m hurdles but was disqualified for a lane infringement.[8] He ran 48.64 to qualify for the final of the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, United States on 5 June 2024.[9]

He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024. He broke his personal best for the 400 metres hurdles in reaching the final, and placed fourth overall.[10]

In September 2024, it was announced that he had signed up for the inaugural season of the Michael Johnson founded Grand Slam Track.[11]

Personal life

Ducos attended the University of Tennessee in the United States.[12]

References

1. "Clemsnt Ducos". World Athletics. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
2. "Olympic minimum for Clément Ducos (Bordeaux Etudiant Club)!". Athelena. 13 April 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
3. "Clemsnt Ducos". Athlelana. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
4. Chapotte, Lucien (27 February 2022). "Athletics. What to remember from this second day of the French indoor championships". Ouest-france.fr. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
5. "Championnats d'Europe espoirs 2023 : La sélection française pour Espoo". Stadion-actu. 4 July 2023.
6. "The results of the weekend: amazing Ducos". athle.fr. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
7. "Olympic minimum for Clément Ducos in 400 m hurdles". lequipe.fr. 13 April 2024d. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
8. "ARKANSAS MEN EXTEND STREAK TO FOUR STRAIGHT TITLES, LSU WOMEN WIN RECORD 14TH CROWN AT SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS". Runnerspace. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
9. "Dean ties personal best in day one of NCAA Outdoor Championship". The Daily Toreador. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
10. "Men's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
11. "2x Olympic Bronze Medalist Alison Dos Santos, Clément Ducos Sign With Grand Slam Track". Citius Mag. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
12. Canu, Marion; Gothot, Samuel (5 May 2024). "Paris 2024 Olympic Games: these young French people have chosen life and training made in the USA, "athletes' paradise"". Le Parisien. Retrieved 6 June 2024.