Jacques Flouret (8 September 1907 – 4 October 1973) was a multi-talented French athlete.
 Flouret in 1927 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 September 1907 Saint-Maur, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 October 1973 (aged 66)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics, basketball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Long jump, pentathlon, javelin throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Paris UC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | LJ – 7.05 m (1927)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Track and field career
editFlouret won three medals in the pentathlon and javelin throw, at the Student World Championships of 1927 and 1928. He finished 28th in the long jump at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Basketball career
editBetween 1930 and 1938, Flouret played in 25 international games as a shooting guard, for the senior French national basketball team, and scored 48 points. Those 25 games included the opening match of France-Estonia, at the 1936 Summer Olympics,[2] and the EuroBasket 1937 tournament, where France won the bronze medal.[3] He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2010.
Post-athletic career
editAfter retiring from sports in 1938, Flouret had a long career as a sports official in France.
References
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- ^ Jacques Flouret. athle.com
- ^ a b Jacques Flouret Archived 10 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ Jacques Flouret. internationaux-basket.fr
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