Guillaume Thierry


Guillaume Thierry is a track and field athlete from the Republic of Mauritius. He first represented his country at pole vault in which he competed at the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics held in Sherbrooke, Canada. He now competes in the decathlon and holds the Mauritian national record set on 11–12 September 2013 in Nice, France at the VII Francophone Games. He is the first Mauritian ever to score more than 7000 points in this event.

Private life

Patrick Guillaume Llyod Thierry was born in Moka, La Clinique Mauricienne. He went to college at St Andrews School and then attended the University of Mauritius where he completed a Degree in Management in August 2008 and a Master in Human Resource Studies in November 2010. He also completed computer studies at ICL on Computer Repairs and Maintenance and Networking.
He married Anna-Louisa Leveque on 15 December 2012. Their daughter Colleen was born on 17 May 2013.

Sporting career

Thierry's was first coached by Jean Chelin and then by Jacque Dudal.
When Dudal had medical issues and left Mauritius for further medication Thierry trained alone for a while and then spent three weeks in South Africa with Bob Cervenka. During this time he finished 13th, with a new National Record of 4.70m, at the World Youth Championships. He was potted by decathlon coach Aleksandr Nevskiy and changed to this event after finishing his Higher School Certificate.

Personal bests

All events referenced from All-Athletics.com.
EventPerformanceNotePlaceDate
100 metres11.22
11.17
Wind 1.3 m/s
+7.1 m/s
Maputo
Arles
11 September 2011
2 June 2007
400 metres50.94Madagascar2007
1,500 metres4:45.61Nice, France13 September 2013
110 metres hurdles14.89Mauritius2011
High jump1.92Bambous, MauritiusApril 2014
Pole vault5.00Madagascar2007
Long jump7.25Wind 1.9 m/sMauritius10 April 2010
Shot put15.25Mauritius16 April 2011
Discus throw47.68Maputo12 September 2011
Javelin throw66,39FranceMay 2014
Decathlon7537National recordBambous, MauritiusApril 2014

International results