Dimitri Bascou

Dimitri Bascou fascinates me because of those explosive starts. The 110 metres hurdles is brutally unforgiving, where a tenth of a second or a clipped barrier ends everything, yet he had the nerve to attack it. Born in Schoelcher, Martinique, he peaked exactly when it mattered, taking European gold and Olympic bronze in 2016, and earning the National Order of Merit. I love athletes who thrive in disciplines that punish hesitation. There is something pure about betting your whole career on a handful of fleeting, ferocious seconds, and Bascou did it with style. He is the kind of sprinter I find easy to root for.

Name (English)

Dimitri Bascou

Name (Japanese)

ディミトリ・バスク

Reading

でぃみとり・ばすく

Born

July 20, 1987 (age 39)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit

Origin

Schœlcher, France

Height

182 cm

Occupation

athletics competitor

Awards & achievements

• 2016 Knight of the National Order of Merit

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/dimitribascou/
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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF

Tags

• athletics competitor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.