Nationality French Club US Ivry Weight 60 kg | Years active 2003-présent Height 1.64 m | |
Born 10 April 1985 ( 1985-04-10 ) Abidjan, Events 60 metres hurdles, 100 metres hurdles | ||
Alice Decaux, born 10 April 1985 at Abidjan, is a French athlete, who specializes in the 60 meter hurdles and 100 meters hurdles.
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Career
She was eliminated in the 60 meters hurdles semifinals at Doha world Championships, Saturday, March 13, 2010, placing 8th and last with a time of 8.23s. A year later, she seemed to have turned a corner by running 7.97s in the final of the Indoors French championship, making her a serious contender for the podium 2011 Indoors European Championships at Paris, in France. But on March 4, 2011, at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, she failed in the semifinal of the 60 meter hurdles, where she failed on the fifth and final hurdle before which she was doing well.
In 2012, she stopped being coached by former French hurdles champion Patricia Girard.
In 2013, she further improved her personal best on July 13 on the occasion of French Championships running 12.70s. However a few days later she was declared positive for the use of amphetamines, as a result of a check performed during the June 23 2013 European Team Championships. She was suspended six months by the IAAF and therefore excluded from the French delegation for World Athletic Games at Moscow.