Yves Brouzet (5 September 1948 – 9 May 2003) was a French

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

ter.

Biography

Brouzet was born in

Béziers Béziers (; oc, Besièrs) is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Hérault Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of Southern France. Every August Béziers hos ...

, and represented the clubs

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and Grenoble UC. He finished fourth at the 1970 European Indoor Championships, fourteenth at the 1971 European Indoor Championships, eighth at the 1971 European Championships, won the bronze medal at the

1971 Mediterranean Games The 1971 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the VI Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Izmir 1971, were the 6th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in İzmir, Turkey, from 6 to 17 October 1971, where 1,362 athletes (1,235 men an ...

, finished fifth at the 1972 European Indoor Championships, and twelfth at the 1972 Olympic Games. He then finished sixth at the 1976 European Indoor Championships eleventh at the 1981 European Indoor Championships, and eighth at the 1982 European Indoor Championships. He competed at the 1976 Olympic Games without reaching the final. He became French champion in 1972, 1973, 1975 and 1976, and French indoor champion in 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1980 and 1982. His personal best put was 20.20 metres, achieved in July 1973 in

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.World men's all-time best shot put
(last updated 2001)

References

1948 births 2003 deaths Sportspeople from Béziers French male shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for France Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Mediterranean Games 20th-century French sportspeople 21st-century French sportspeople French Athletics Championships winners {{France-shotput-bio-stub