Alain Andji (born 20 November 1974 in

Treichville Treichville is a neighborhood in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It is one of the 10 urban communes of the city. Treichville is one of four communes of Abidjan that are entirely south of Ébrié Lagoon, the others being Port-Bouët, Koumassi, and Marcory. ...

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

) is a French

pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...

er. He changed nationality from his birth country

. Andji finished eighth at the 1996 European Indoor Championships, ninth at the

1996 Olympic Games The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, eleventh at the 1997 World Indoor Championships and first at the

1997 Mediterranean Games The XIII Mediterranean Games, commonly known as the 1997 Mediterranean Games, were the 13th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Bari, Italy, from 13 to 25 June 1997, where 2,956 athletes (2,166 men and 790 women) from 21 countries partici ...

. Before switching to France he set an Ivory Coast national record of 5.10 metres in June 1992 in

Yerres Yerres () is a commune in the Essonne department, in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Population Inhabitants are called ''Yerrois'' in French. Geography Yerres lies in the North-Eastern p ...

.Côte d'Ivoire athletics records
His career best jump was 5.85 metres, achieved in May 1997 in

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* 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Abidjan French male pole vaulters Ivorian pole vaulters Ivorian male athletes Olympic athletes for France Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for France Ivorian emigrants to France Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics 20th-century French people {{France-polevault-bio-stub

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