Jacques Rousseau (born 10 March 1951 in

Basse-Terre Basse-Terre (, ; ; gcf, label=Guadeloupean Creole, Bastè, ) is a commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is also the ''prefecture'' (capital city) of Guadeloupe. The city of Basse-Terre is located ...

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...

), is a French athlete. In 2006, he was living in Guadeloupe.

Achievements

* Personal best in the

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

: 8.26 meters in 1976 (French record) * European champion long jumper in 1978 * European indoor long-jump champion in 1975 and 1976 * French champion long jumper in 1975, 1976 and 1977 * French indoor long-jump champion in 1973, 1975 and 1976 * He participated in two Olympics, in 1972 at Munich (tenth) and in 1976 at Montréal (fourth) * European junior vice-champion d'Europe in long jump in 1970 * Selected several times for the junior and senior French teams, he also won a European cup for long jump and 4 by 4 relays. Along with his team, the Racing Club of France, he was French champion of the 4 × 400 m relay. * A versatile athlete, he also has turned in the following performances: **47.5 in the 400 meter **20.7 in the 200 meter **10.3 in the 100 meter **2 meters in the high jump

References

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External links

* * Living people French male long jumpers 1951 births Olympic athletes for France French people of Guadeloupean descent European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{France-longjump-bio-stub