Lina Jacques-Sébastien
Lina Jacques-Sébastien is a French sprint athlete who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres.
Biography
She finished sixth in the 100 metres at the 2004 [World Junior Championships in Athletics|2004 World Junior Championships], and also won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay. She won the silver medal in the 100 metres at the 2005 [European Athletics U23 Championships|2005 European U23 Championships], and in the 200 metres at the 2005 Mediterranean Games. She competed at the 2005 European Indoor Championships and the 2009 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final.In the 4 × 100 metres relay she finished fourth at the 2005 [World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2005 World Championships]. She also competed at the Athletics at the [2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2008 Olympic Games] together with Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, Myriam Soumaré and Carima Louami, but in their first round heat they did not finish and were eliminated due to a mistake with the baton exchange. Jacques-Sebastien later won a silver medal at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie.
Her personal best times are 7.35 seconds in the 60 metres, achieved in February 2008 in Bordeaux; 11.30 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Sotteville-lès-Rouen; and 22.59 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved at the 2010 [European Championships in Athletics|2010 European Championships] in Barcelona.