Jack Pani

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Jack Pani
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1946-05-21) 21 May 1946 (age 79)
Troyes, France
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event
long jump
ClubAS Est Paris

Jacques Pani (born 21 May 1946) is a French retired long jumper who competed at two Olympic Games. [1]

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Biography

His personal best jump was 8.16 metres, achieved in June 1969 in Pulversheim. [2]

Pani finished third behind Lynn Davies in the long jump event at the British 1967 AAA Championships. [3] [4] [5]

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, he represented France in the long jump competition [6] and four years later at the 1972 Olympics Games in Munich, he represented France again. [6]

He married Nicole Pani who was a well known French sprinter.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
1968 Olympic Games Mexico City, Mexico7th [7]
1971 Mediterranean Games İzmir, Turkey1st7.90 CR [8]
1972 European Indoor Championships Grenoble, France6th [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Jack Pani". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012.
  2. ↑ World men's all-time best long jump (updated 2001)
  3. ↑ "White City results" . Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 16 July 1967. Retrieved 10 May 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  7. ↑ 1968 Summer Olympics, men's results - Sporting Heroes
  8. ↑ Mediterranean Games - GBR Athletics
  9. ↑ 1972 European Indoor Championships, men's long jump final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite


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