Lemaitre 'The Master' tells us something new

Christophe Lemaitre blitzed to the European 100m gold in Barcelona on Wednesday.

Spikesmag.com brings you ten things you may not know or may not even care to know about the 20-year-old who earlier this month became the first white man to run under 10-seconds for the 100m.

***Leimaitre’s first ever race came at a village fete aged just 14

***Before launching his athletics career he competed in football and handball

***His father worked in a laboratory in Switzerland and his mother as a secretary

***He loves to watch football and he is passionate fan of reigning French champions Marseille

***He left High School earlier this year at the age of 20

***His coach, Pierre Carraz, aged 70 is not a professional coach but guided Paul Arpin to a bronze medal at the 1987 World Cross Country Championships

***He was born in Annecy some 35km south of Geneva in Switzerland. Annecy has an athletics tradition and staged the 1998 World Junior Championships and 2003 and 2008 European Cup. He trains in Aix-les-Bains

***Lemaitre translates as “The Master”

***After just one year in the sport he could run 10.96 for the 100m

***In Barcelona he became the first white man to win the men’s European 100m title since Frank Emmelmann of the GDR in 1982.

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