BELOCIAN Wilhem

Date of Birth: 22 Jun 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Place of residence : GUADELOUPE

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 110m Hurdles

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 110m Hurdles Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	110m Hurdles
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Round 1 (DQ)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	110m Hurdles
2019	Doha, QAT	SF (13.60)

World Relays

Year	Location	Shuttle Hurdles Relay
2019	Yokohama, JPN	Heats (56.56)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	110m Hurdles
2021	1 x 3rd
2020	1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th
2019	1 x 2nd, 1 x 4th
2017	1 x 16th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
2	2019	110m Hurdles	Stanford, CA, USA	13.29
3	2021	110m Hurdles	Florence, ITA	13.31
3	2020	110m Hurdles	Monaco, MON	13.18
4	2020	110m Hurdles	Rome, ITA	13.49
4	2019	110m Hurdles	Rabat, MAR	13.43
16	2017	110m Hurdles	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	14.35

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2020	110m Hurdles	World Athletics Continental Tour	Zagreb, CRO	13.32
2	2020	110m Hurdles	World Athletics Continental Tour	Turku, FIN	13.38
3	2021	110m Hurdles	World Athletics Continental Tour	Hengelo, NED	13.34
4	2020	110m Hurdles	World Athletics Continental Tour	Szekesfehervar, HUN	13.34

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

University of the French West Indies and Guiana, Guadeloupe

Languages spoken:

Ketty Cham [personal]

Sporting relatives:

His younger brother Jeanuel is an aspiring footballer, and joined the youth academy of the Stade Rennais football club in 2020 at age 15. (actufoot.com, 23 May 2020)

2015 for France (leparisien.fr, 04 Jul 2015)

In 2018 a hamstring injury ruled him out of action for the entire season. (estrepublicain.fr, 20 Jun 2019; sport365.fr, 06 Jul 2018)

He underwent surgery on one of his big toes [hallux] in August 2017. (estrepublicain.fr, 20 Jun 2019)

He missed the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, People's Republic of China, because of an injury to his left hamstring. He chose not to compete at the 2016 World Indoor Championships in Portland, OR, United States of America, as he did not want to rush his return from the injury. (lequipe.fr, 07 May 2016; lequipe.fr, 13 Jul 2015)

In November 2014 he suffered a strained right calf muscle. He was unable to train for about a month. (athle.fr, 29 Jan 2015)

He began athletics at age five, and at age 16 he started to focus on hurdles. (sportslounge.fr, 16 Sep 2019)

He followed his brother into the sport. "When I was five I went to my brother's training. I loved to see the guys running, so I started running too. Coaches said I had skills and since then I never stopped with athletics." At age 16 he opted to focus on the 110m hurdles. "I like this discipline because it's the one that excites me and that makes me want to overcome myself." (sportslounge.fr, 16 Sep 2019)

He trains up to five hours a day at the Centre of Resources, Expertise and Sports Performance [CREPS] of the Antilles in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe. (laboratoire-natiye.fr, 08 Feb 2020)

Setting a junior world record in the 110m hurdles in 2014. (estrepublicain.fr, 20 Jun 2019; laboratoire-natiye.fr, 08 Feb 2020)

Philosophy:

"Will is power. Nothing is impossible." (laboratoire-natiye.fr, 08 Feb 2020)

He was named 2014 Male Rising Star by the International Association of Athletics Federations [IAAF]. (IAAF, 21 Nov 2014)

General Interest

General
RIO NIGHTMARE
He fulfilled a dream by qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, but at the Games in Rio he was disqualified for a false start in his heat during the first round, and was subsequently eliminated without running a race. "It took me quite some time to overcome that. Everything was over in less than a second and all my preparation had gone to the trash. It was horrible. I really had to work with myself so I could come back stronger." (sportslounge.fr, 16 Sep 2019; laboratoire-natiye.fr, 08 Feb 2020)

PHYSIOTHERAPY
He wants to become a physiotherapist after his competitive career. "I want to be close to the athletes AND people in general, and I think this profession allows me to do it." (laboratoire-natiye.fr, 08 Feb 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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