Max Morinière

Max Morinière (born 16 February 1964 in Fort-de-France) is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.

Max Morinière

Personal information
Born	(1964-02-16) 16 February 1964
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing France Olympic Games 1988 Seoul 4x100 m relay World Championships 1991 Tokyo 4x100 m relay European Championships 1990 Split 4 x 100 m relay Representing Martinique CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) 1983 Fort-de-France 100m

Biography

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he won a bronze medal in the 4x100 metres relay with his team mates Bruno Marie-Rose, Daniel Sangouma and Gilles Quenehervé.

At the 1990 European Championships in Split the French team of Morinière, Daniel Sangouma, Jean-Charles Trouabal and Bruno Marie-Rose improved the world record to 37.79 seconds. The record stood less than one year, as the Santa Monica Track Club from the United States team ran in 37.67 seconds at the Weltklasse Zurich meet. With 10.09 seconds he is also a former French record holder in the 100 metres.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Martinique
1983	CARIFTA Games	Fort-de-France, Martinique	1st	100 m	10.36
Representing France
1983	European Junior Championships	Schwechat, Austria	3rd	100 m	10.56
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	40.04
1987	European Indoor Championships	Liévin, France	19th (h)	60 m	6.81
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	16th (qf)	100 m	10.39
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	21st (qf)	100 m	10.37
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	38.40
1989	Jeux de la Francophonie	Casablanca, Morocco	3rd	100 m	10.29
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.75
	World Cup	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	38.471
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	5th	100 m	10.15 w (+2.2 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	37.79
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	18th (qf)	100 m	10.24
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	37.87
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	14th (sf)	100 m	10.42
			7th (sf)	4 × 100 m relay	39.02
1993	Mediterranean Games	Narbonne, France	1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.96
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	29th (qf)	100 m	10.58

¹Representing Europe

References

• Max Morinière at World Athletics