Jessy Franco

Jessy Franco (born 7 December 1998) is a Gibraltarian sprinter.^[1] He represented his territory in the 400 metres at the 2019 World Championships in Doha without advancing from the first round but setting a new national record of 47.41.

Jessy Franco

Personal information
Born	(1998-12-07) 7 December 1998 (age 26)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprinting
Coached by	Fabian Franco

He has a Gibraltarian father and Faroese mother who met when competing at the 1989 Island Games in athletics and gymnastics respectively.^[2] Jessy himself later competed at two editions of the Games. His older brother Julian was also a sprinter.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Gibraltar
2015	Island Games	Jersey	6th	100 m	11.22
			6th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	44.62
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.46
	European Junior Championships	Eskilstuna, Sweden	24th (h)	100 m	11.24
	Commonwealth Youth Games	Apia, Samoa	13th (sf)	200 m	22.57 (w)
			9th (h)	400 m	50.62
2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	32nd (h)	200 m	22.44
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	56th (h)	100 m	11.04
			35th (h)	400 m	48.40
	Championships of the Small States of Europe	Schaan, Liechtenstein	4th	400 m	49.69
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	29th (h)	400 m	48.12
2019	Island Games	Gibraltar	1st	200 m	22.47
			1st	400 m	48.34
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	35th (h)	400 m	47.41
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	54th (h)	200 m	22.04

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 10.90 (+0.4 m/s, Gibraltar 2018) NR
• 200 metres – 21.20 (+0.9 m/s, Pretoria 2016)
• 400 metres – 47.41 (Doha 2019) NR

Indoor

• 200 metres – 22.34 (Antequera 2018)

References

1. Jessy Franco at World Athletics
2. Gulraj, Priya (5 July 2019). "Island Games love story comes full circle". Gibraltar Chronicle. Retrieved 10 October 2019.