Isabelle Accambray (née Reynaud; born 9 July 1956) is a former French discus thrower. Born in

Clichy Clichy may refer to: In Paris Region, France * Canton of Clichy, an administrative division of the Hauts-de-Seine department, in northern France * Clichy-sous-Bois, commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis ''département'' * Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, comm ...

, she was a member of Athlétic Club de Cannes during her career. She represented France 25 times in international competition, with her best result being a gold medal at the

1983 Mediterranean Games The IX Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 1983), commonly known as the 1983 Mediterranean Games, were the 9th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Casablanca, Morocco, from 3 to 17 September 1983, ...

. She participated in the

European Cup The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

in 1979, 1981 and 1983, as well as the

1982 European Athletics Championships The 13th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 September to 12 September 1982 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. Men's results Compl ...

. She was a three-time French champion in the discus.French Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-20.

Personal life

Isabelle is married to

Jacques Accambray Jacques Accambray (born 23 May 1950) is a French former track and field athlete. A talented age group thrower, Accambray set a world junior record in men's hammer throw in 1969. During the early 1970s he studied at Kent State University in Ohio, ...

, a former

hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consis ...

er and President of the French Federation of American Football from 1985 to 1996. Their daughter, Jennifer, is also an athlete, specialising in the

Javelin A javelin is a light spear designed primarily to be thrown, historically as a ranged weapon, but today predominantly for sport. The javelin is almost always thrown by hand, unlike the sling, bow, and crossbow, which launch projectiles with th ...

. Their son

William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

is a handball player playing with Paris Saint-Germain Handball. The last child, Michael, has begun a career as a volleyball player.

National titles

French Championships in Athletics The French Athletics Championships (french: Championnats de France d'athlétisme) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Fédération française d'athlétisme (FFA; French Athletics Federation), which serves as the Frenc ...

**Discus throw: 1980, 1981, 1982

National records

; French recordChronology of the Record of Senior France, Discus
On the site athle.com * 53.42m the September 23, 1981 at

Issy-les-Moulineaux Issy-les-Moulineaux () is a commune in the southwestern suburban area of Paris, France, lying on the left bank of the river Seine. Its citizens are called ''Isséens'' in French. It is one of Paris' entrances and is located from Notre-Dame Cath ...

* 53.52mNovember 7, 1981 at Pirae * 53.98m the May 2, 1982 at

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...

* 54.52m the May 15, 1982 at

Fort-de-France Fort-de-France (, , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Fodfwans) is a Communes of France, commune and the capital city of Martinique, an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean. It is also one of the major cities in the ...

* 55.04m the June 5, 1982 at

Reims Reims ( , , ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France. The city lies northeast of Paris on the Vesle river, a tributary of the Aisne. Founded by ...

* 56.28m the August 22, 1982 at Steinkjer

References

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1956 births Living people French female discus throwers Sportspeople from Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine Athletes from Île-de-France Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics 20th-century French sportswomen French Athletics Championships winners {{France-discus-bio-stub