Dominique Hernandez (born 1 August 1960) is a retired

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er. He finished eighteenth at the 1984 European Indoor Championships fourteenth at the 1989 European Indoor Championships and won the bronze medal at the

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. He participated in 2 world university championships (Bucarest 1981, Kobe 1985…) Hernandez became French champion in 1985 and 1988 and French indoor champion in 1984, 1988 and 1989. His personal best was 2.25 metres, achieved in August 1988 in

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. Indoors he had 2.27 metres (Indoor French record) achieved in February 1989 in Liévin.

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1960 births Living people French male high jumpers 20th-century French sportspeople French Athletics Championships winners {{France-highjump-bio-stub