Jacques Madubost (6 June 1944 – 29 June 2018)[1] was a French track and field athlete who competed in the high jump.[2][3]
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| Men's athletics | ||
Representing  France
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| European Athletics Championships | ||
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1966 Budapest | High jump |
Despite never winning a national title at the French Athletics Championships, he was the gold medallist at the 1966 European Athletics Championships in Budapest.[4][5] He defeated compatriot Robert Sainte-Rose – the leading French athlete of the era – by count-back, as both cleared 2.12 m (6 ft 11+1⁄4 in). This made Madubost the first Frenchman to win a field event at the championship, and he remains the sole French male athlete to win the European title in men's high jump (Anne-Marie Colchen won the women's event 20 years earlier).[4][6] For his achievement he was given the 1966 medal of the Académie des sports (one of two from athletics, alongside sprinter Roger Bambuck).[7]
The 1966 season proved to be a peak of his career, as he also twice improved the French national record with clearances of 2.14 m (7 ft 1⁄4 in) and 2.15 m (7 ft 1⁄2 in).[8] He represented France at the 1968 European Athletics Indoor Championships, but did not match his previous success and ended the competition in 18th place.[9]
A policeman by occupation, after his retirement from athletics he represented France internationally in sport shooting.
References
edit- ^ "Jacques Madubost est mort".
- ^ J2 Jeunes, n° 14, 1968.
- ^ Miroir de l'athlétisme, n°21, 1 June 1966.
- ^ a b European Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-10-18.
- ^ French Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-10-18.
- ^ European Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-10-18.
- ^ LES MÉDAILLES DE L'ACADÉMIE DES SPORTS. Academie des Sports. Retrieved on 2014-10-18.
- ^ Janusz Waśko, Andrzej Socha: Athletics National Records Evolution 1912 – 2006. Zamość - Sandomierz: 2007, p. 84.
- ^ Jacques Madubost Archived 2014-10-22 at the Wayback Machine. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-10-18.