Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa (30 March 1943 – 27 September 2016) was a Malagasy athlete who specialized in the

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. At the

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he was eliminated in the heats in both

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and

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. At the

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he was again eliminated in the heats of the 200 m, but reached the 100 metres final and placed eighth. At these Games he also set his career best time of 10.18 seconds in a tail wind of 2.0 m/s. This is the current Malagasy record. At the

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he reached the semi-final of the 100 metres and was eliminated in the heats with the Madagascar

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team. In 1975 he became the first of only two men to date to have won the

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most prestigious professional foot race, off the scratch mark. The race is run over 120 metres, but entrants are handicapped according to their competitive form, and most start at a mark a few metres ahead of the start line. Ravelomanantsoa died on 27 September 2016, aged 73, in

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1975 Stawell Gift final
1943 births 2016 deaths Malagasy male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Madagascar Stawell Gift winners Sportspeople from Antananarivo Westmont College alumni African Games bronze medalists for Madagascar African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1965 All-Africa Games Universiade medalists for Madagascar USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade {{Madagascar-athletics-bio-stub