Guy Drut
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| Silver medal | 1972 Munich | Athletics Men's 110m Hurdles |
| Gold medal | 1976 Montréal | Athletics Men's 110m Hurdles |
Guy Drut (born December 6, 1950) is an Olympic champion who won gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal in the 110m hurdles.
Born in Oignies, Pas-de-Calais, France, Drut captured the silver medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, finishing behind the American Rodney Milburn. In the European Championship of 1974 Drut came a comfortable first. It was at the next Olympics that Guy was to realise his dream, winning the 110m hurdles in a time of 13:30 ahead of Cuba's Alejandro Casañas Ramirez and the American Willie Davenport.
After retirement Guy became active in politics, with one of his roles being Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports in the conservative government of Alain Juppé from 1995 to 1997.
He has been convicted by the French courts (a 15 month suspended prison sentence) at the end of 2005 and as a consequence suspended by the IOC [1].
Olympic Results
1972 Summer Olympics
- Rodney Milburn USA 13.24
- Guy Drut FRA 13.34
- Thomas Hill USA 13.48
1976 Summer Olympics
- Guy Drut FRA 13.40
- Alejandro Casañas CUB 13.67
- Willie Davenport USA 13.71
| Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 110 m hurdles |
| Thomas Curtis | Alvin Kraenzlein | Frederick Schule | Robert Leavitt | Forrest Smithson | Frederick Kelly | Earl Thomson | Daniel Kinsey | Sydney Atkinson | George Saling | Forrest Towns | William Porter | Harrison Dillard | Lee Calhoun (twice) | Hayes Jones | Willie Davenport | Rod Milburn | Guy Drut | Thomas Munkelt | Roger Kingdom (twice) | Mark McKoy | Allen Johnson | Anier García | Liu Xiang |