Jacques Rousseau (athlete)
French long jumper (1951–2024)
Jacques Rousseau | |
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Rousseau in 1974 | |
Born | (1951-03-10)10 March 1951 |
Died | 14 February 2024(2024-02-14) (aged 72) |
Occupation | Long jumper |
Jacques Rousseau (10 March 1951 – 14 February 2024) was a French athlete. As of 2006, he resided in Guadeloupe. He died on 14 February 2024, at the age of 72.[1]
Achievements
- Personal best in the long jump: 8.26 meters in 1976 (French record)
- European champion long jumper in 1978
- European indoor long-jump champion in 1975 and 1976
- French champion long jumper in 1975, 1976 and 1977
- French indoor long-jump champion in 1973, 1975 and 1976
- He participated in two Olympics, in 1972 at Munich (tenth) and in 1976 at Montreal (fourth)
- European junior vice-champion of Europe in long jump in 1970
- Selected several times for the junior and senior French teams, he also won a European cup for long jump and 4 by 4 relays. Along with his team, the Racing Club of France, he was French champion of the 4 × 400 m relay.
- A versatile athlete, he also has turned in the following performances:
- 47.5 in the 400 meters
- 20.7 in the 200 meters
- 10.3 in the 100 meters
- 2 meters in the high jump
References
- ^ Ancien champion et recordman européen du saut en longueur des années 70/80, le Guadeloupéen Jacques Rousseau est décédé (in French)
This is a translation of the corresponding page in the French Wikipedia.
External links
- Jacques Rousseau at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jacques Rousseau". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012.
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European Athletics Championships champions in men's long jump
- 1934: Wilhelm Leichum (GER)
- 1938: Wilhelm Leichum (GER)
- 1946: Olle Laessker (SWE)
- 1950: Torfi Bryngeirsson (ISL)
- 1954: Ödön Földessy (HUN)
- 1958: Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS)
- 1962: Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS)
- 1966: Lynn Davies (GBR)
- 1969: Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS)
- 1971: Max Klauß (GDR)
- 1974: Valeriy Pidluzhnyy (URS)
- 1978: Jacques Rousseau (FRA)
- 1982: Lutz Dombrowski (GDR)
- 1986: Robert Emmiyan (URS)
- 1990: Dietmar Haaf (FRG)
- 1994: Ivaylo Mladenov (BUL)
- 1998: Kirill Sosunov (RUS)
- 2002: Olexiy Lukashevych (UKR)
- 2006: Andrew Howe (ITA)
- 2010: Christian Reif (GER)
- 2012: Sebastian Bayer (GER)
- 2014: Greg Rutherford (GBR)
- 2016: Greg Rutherford (GBR)
- 2018: Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)
- 2022: Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)
- 2024: Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)
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