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{{Short description|French sprinter}}
[[File:Marc Raquil.jpg|thumb|Marc Raquil preparing for a start in 2006]]
'''Marc Raquil''' (born 2 April 1977 in [[Créteil]]) is a French runner of [[Martinique|Martiniquais]] origin who competes in the [[400 metres]] and [[4 × 400 m relay]].
He won the 4 × 400 m relay gold medal and the 400 m silver medal at the [[2003 World Championships in Athletics|2003 World Championships]]. In 2004, his 4 × 400 m relay team was retroactively awarded gold medals after the United States 4 × 400 m relay team was stripped of its gold medals due to the failed drug tests of two members of the relay (Calvin Harrison and Jerome Young).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/olympics/news/story?id=1933645|title = U.S. Stripped of 4x400 gold from 2003 worlds|date = 28 November 2004}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/jerome-young-is-stripped-of-2003-world-champi|title = Jerome Young is stripped of 2003 World Championship 400 m gold &#124; NEWS &#124; World Athletics}}</ref> Since Jerome Young had also finished first in the 400 m at the 2003 World Championships, the failed drug test also resulted in Raquil being retroactively awarded a silver medal in the 400 m. Raquil has also won three gold medals and one bronze medal at the European Indoor and Outdoor Championships.

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{FRA}}
|-
|1997
|[[1997 European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]
|[[Turku]], [[Finland]]
|4th
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:04.80]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1999
|rowspan=2|[[1999 European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]]
|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|400 m
|[[1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres|46.18]]
|-
|4th
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:04.15]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2000
|[[2000 European Indoor Athletics Championships|European Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Ghent]], [[Belgium]]
|bgcolor="CC9966" align="center" | 3rd
|400 metres
|[[2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres|47.28]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
|align="center" | 4th
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
|3:00.64
|-
|rowspan=3|2003
|rowspan=2|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|rowspan=2|[[Paris]], [[France]]
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd
|400 metres
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres|44.79]]
|-
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|2:58.96]]
|-
|[[2003 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]] 
|[[Monte Carlo]], [[Monaco]]
|align="center" | 5th
|400 metres
|45.96
|-
|rowspan=2|2005
|[[2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Madrid]], [[Spain]]
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:07.90]]
|-
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]
|align="center" | 6th
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:03.10]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2006
|rowspan=2|[[2006 European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]]
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|[[2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres|400 metres]]
|45.02
|-
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:01.10]]
|}

===Outdoor personal bests===
*[[200 metres]] - 21.03 (2001)
*[[400 metres]] - 44.79 (2003)
*[[800 metres]] - 1:50.90 (2003)

==Later career==
Raquil was prevented by injuries from competing in the [[2004 Summer Olympic Games|2004]] and [[2008 Summer Olympics]] and the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics]]. He subsequently announced his retirement; nonetheless in February 2011 the [[Agence Française de Lutte contre le Dopage|French Anti-Doping Agency]] suspended him from competition for one year for failing to submit to periodic anti-[[Doping in sport|doping]] tests.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Athletisme/Actualites/Raquil-retraite-mais-suspendu/179407 |title=Raquil retraité mais suspendu |newspaper=[[L'Équipe]] |date=2011-02-18 |language=fr |access-date=2016-07-24 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{World Athletics||name=Marc Raquil}}
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/marc-raquil-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417201643/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/marc-raquil-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Marc Raquil}}

{{Footer World Champions 4 x 400 m Men|2003}}
{{Footer European Champions 400 m Men}}
{{Footer European Champions 4x400 m Men}}

{{Footer European Athletics Indoor Championships – men's 4 × 400 metres relay}}

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[[Category:1977 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:French people of Martiniquais descent]]
[[Category:French male sprinters]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for France]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:French Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:20th-century French sportsmen]]

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