Marc Brian Louis

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Marc Brian Louis
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Louis competing in 2021
Personal information
Nationality Singapore
Born (2002-08-07) 7 August 2002 (age 19)[1]
Singapore
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Weight67 kg (148 lb)[2]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 metres, 110 metres hurdles, 200 metres, 400 metres hurdles, 4 x 100 metres relay
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Singapore
Southeast Asian Youth Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Southeast Asian Youth Athletics Championships 400 metres hurdles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Southeast Asian Youth Athletics Championships 110 metres hurdles
Asian Youth Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Asian Youth Athletics Championships 400 metres hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Asian Youth Athletics Championships 110 metres hurdles

Marc Brian Louis is an athlete from Singapore specialising in sprints and hurdles.

Early life[]

Louis' father, Gilbert, first realised that Louis had running potential when he took the then eight-year-old Louis to a run at Sembawang Park.[2] Louis dabbled in football and swimming growing up, but eventually gravitated towards track and field.[2] He started competing for Sembawang Primary School, and subsequently, Anderson Secondary School. While he won medals at the national championships in primary school, it was only in 2017 that he won his first gold, at the 110m hurdles.[3] He successfully defended his title the following year, adding a gold in the 400m hurdles as well.[2] Louis was temporarily enrolled in the Singapore Sports School, but left after a year.[2] He later graduated from the Institute of Technical Education.[2]

International career[]

In 2019, Louis became the first Singaporean to win gold in the 400m hurdles (55.09s) at the 2019 Asian Youth Athletics Championships held in Hong Kong.[4] In the same tournament, Louis also clocked 13.74s in the 110m hurdles to set a new national U-18 record.[5] Earlier in the year, Louis had won the 400m hurdles and came in second in the 110m hurdles at the 2019 Southeast Asian Youth Athletics Championships.[2]

In 2021, while competing at the World Athletics U-20 Championships in Nairobi, Louis set a new national U-20 record for the 110m hurdles with a time of 13.77s; he finished 11th overall.[1][6] In the same year, he broke the national U-20 record for the 100m with a time of 10.39s – 0.02s off the men's record.[7] Given his performances, he was granted deferment from National Service.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Marc Brian LOUIS | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Auto, Hermes (24 December 2021). "Athletics: Teen sprinter Marc Brian Louis wants to be fastest Singapore man in 100m | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com.
  3. ^ "B Div 110m Hurdles: Anderson's Marc Louis notches first ever win".
  4. ^ Aziz, Sazali Abdul (17 March 2019). "Athletics: Marc Brian Louis wins 400m hurdles gold for Singapore at Asian Youth Athletics Championships". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Singapore's Marc Brian Louis sets new national U20 record for 110m hurdles at world junior championships". CNA. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Athletics: Marc Brian Louis sets new National U20 record for Men's 110m hurdles". 21 August 2021.
  7. ^ Chia, Laura (11 December 2021). "Athletics: Marc Brian Louis breaks U-20 100m record; 0.02sec off senior mark". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  8. ^ Auto, Hermes (24 December 2021). "Athletics: Teen sprinter Louis granted NS deferment as he chases national record, SEA Games success in 2022 | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com.
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