Jean-Claude Rabbath (born 12 July 1977 in

Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...

) is a Lebanese

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er. He finished thirteenth at the 2005 Asian Championships, won the gold medal at the

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and the silver medal at the 2007 Asian Championships. He also competed at the 1999 World Championships, the

2000 Olympic Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

, the

2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

and the 2005 World Championships without reaching the final round. His personal best jump is 2.27 metres, achieved twice in April 2004 in

and in June 2004 in Bucharest. Rabbath was also a basketball player and won many titles, including the Asian Championship with

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* 1977 births Living people Lebanese high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Lebanon Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Male high jumpers Lebanese male athletes Asian Games gold medalists for Lebanon Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Lebanon {{Lebanon-athletics-bio-stub