Didier Detchénique
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Didier Detchénique (born 4 October 1972) is a retired French
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 twelfth, at the 1997 World Indoor Championships, won the bronze medal at the
1997 Summer Universiade The 1997 Summer Universiade, also known as the XIX Summer Universiade, took place in the island of Sicily, Italy. The United States topped the medal table. Venues Catania * Stadio Angelo Massimino — closing ceremonies and athletics * Teatro ...
, and finished ninth at the 2000 European Indoor Championships He also competed at the 1997 World Championships and the 1998 European Indoor Championships Detchénique became French champion in 1996, 1997 and 1998 and French indoor champion in 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2000. His personal best was 2.31 metres, achieved in June 1997 in Saint-Denis.


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1972 births Living people French male high jumpers World Athletics Championships athletes for France Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games bronze medalists for France Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade 20th-century French sportsmen French Athletics Championships winners {{France-highjump-bio-stub