Muriel Hurtis-Houairi

Muriel Hurtis-Houairi

Hurtis at the 2013 French Athletics Championships
Personal information
Born	(1979-03-25) March 25, 1979 (age 37) Bondy, France
Height	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country	France
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	4 × 400m Relay
Medal record Olympic Games 2004 Athens 4x100 m relay World Championships 2003 Paris 4x100 m relay 1999 Seville 4x100 m relay 2001 Edmonton 4x100 m relay 2003 Paris 200 m European Championships 2002 Munich 200 m 2002 Munich 4x100 m relay 2014 Zürich 4 x 400 m Continental Cup 2002 Madrid 200 m 2002 Madrid 4x100 m relay World Indoor Championships 2003 Birmingham 200 m European Indoor Championships 2000 Ghent 200 m 2002 Vienna 200 m 2011 Paris 4x400 m relay European U23 Championships 1999 Gothenburg 4x400 m relay 1999 Gothenburg 200 m World Junior Championships 1998 Annecy 200 m 1998 Annecy 4x100 m relay European Junior Championships 1997 Ljubljana 4x400 m relay 1997 Ljubljana 200 m

Muriel Hurtis-Houairi (born 25 March 1979) is a French track and field athlete. She came to prominence in 2002 when she won the 200 m gold medals at both the European Indoor Championships and the European Athletics Championships. The following year she added the World Indoor title and won a bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics and a gold in the 4×100 metres relay with France.

Her form faltered over the next few years and she failed to get past the quarter-final stage at the 2004 Olympic Games, although she won Olympic bronze in the relay. She failed to retain her European title at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and was knocked out at the quarter-finals of the 2007 World Championships. She missed out on the 200 m final at the 2008 Summer Olympics by one place. She is the French indoor record holder over 200 m.

Her first major success came at the 1998 IAAF World Junior Championships in Annecy, France, where she won the 200 m gold medal. She made her first senior global appearance at age 20 at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics and, after running a personal best of 22.31 seconds in the qualifiers, she finished fifth in the 200 m semi-finals. She ran with the women's 4×100 metres relay team and scored a silver medal alongside Sylviane Félix, Frédérique Bangué, and Odiah Sidibé. Hurtis made her Olympic debut the following year at the 2000 Summer Olympics and again she reached the semi-finals, this time finishing in seventh place. Hurtis's first global final came at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships, where she finished in fifth. She also helped the French relay team to the World silver medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics later that year.