Pascal Mancini
Pascal Mancini is a Swiss sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.
He was born in Fribourg. He competed at the 2008 [World Junior Championships in Athletics|2008 World Junior Championships], the 2009 [European Athletics Indoor Championships|2009 European Indoor Championships], the 2010 [IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|2010 World Indoor Championships] without reaching the final, and the 2011 European U23 Championships. In the 4 × [100 metres relay] he finished fourth at the 2007 [European Junior Championships in Athletics|2007 European Junior Championships] and competed at the 2009 [World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|2009 World Championships].
His personal best times are 6.61 seconds in the 60 metres, achieved in March 2011 in Paris in European Indoor Championship; 10.41 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2009 in Bellinzona; and 21.39 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in May 2009 in Genève. He also holds the Swiss record in the 4 × 100 metres relay.
He failed an out-of-competition drug test in January 2012, testing positive for nandrolone, and received a two-year ban.
In July 2018 Mancini was banned indefinitely by the Swiss Athletics Federation due to his far-right political views and racist agitation, Mancini had compared the France national football team to monkeys in social media after their 2018 [FIFA World Cup] victory and used the antisemitic Quenelle salute in competition.