Arnaud Casquette

NationalityMauritian

Born (1978-04-16) 16 April 1978 (age 47)

Mauritius

SportRunning

Event(s)

Long jump, Triple jump

Arnaud Casquette

Personal information
Nationality	Mauritian
Born	(1978-04-16) 16 April 1978 (age 47) Mauritius
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	Long jump, Triple jump
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Mauritius All Africa Games 2007 Algiers Long jump African Athletics Championships 2000 Algiers 4×100 m 2002 Radès 4×100 m Francophone Games 2001 Ottawa 4×100 m 2001 Ottawa Long jump Indian Ocean Island Games 2003 Reduit Long jump 2003 Reduit 4×100 m 2007 Antananarivo 4×100 m 2007 Antananarivo Long Jump

Arnaud Casquette (born 16 April 1978) is a Mauritian long jumper.

He finished seventh at the 2002 Commonwealth Games^[1] and fifth at the 2006 African Championships. He won the silver medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games. He also competed at the IAAF World Championships in 2001 and 2007 as well as the Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000. He was qualified for the 2008 Olympics, but did not compete because of injury.

Casquette is considered one of the greatest high level sportsman that Mauritius has ever produced thanks to his successful competitive streak at the international level. He has participated in many international athletics competitions around the world and won numerous gold medals for Mauritius. He was trained at the HPTC (CIAD) in Dakar Senegal from 1999 to 2005 and then joined another high performance training centre in Malaysia for a few years before ending his career due to injury.

In 2001, he reached the World Championships semi-finals of the 4x100m relay in Edmonton, Canada and he currently holds the Mauritian record in the 4x100m relay with a time of 38.99 seconds, together with Stephan Buckland, Eric Milazar and Fernando Augustin. He also won a gold medal at the Francophone Games in Ottawa, Canada in the 4x100m relay event with Buckland, Milazar and Augustin. He was the former record holder in the long jump event for Mauritius. His personal best jump is 8.23 metres, achieved in July 2003 in Sestriere. The Mauritian record is currently held by Jonathan Chimier with 8.28 metres.^[2]