Jérôme Clavier (born 3 May 1983 in
Chambray-lès-Tours
Chambray-lès-Tours (, literally ''Chambray near Tours'') is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, central France. It is the birthplace of professional footballers Mikaël Silvestre and Adam Ounas.
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) is a French
pole vault
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er.
Biography
He finished sixth at the
2002 World Junior Championships, seventh at the
2003 Summer Universiade
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and sixth at the
2007 European Indoor Championships. He competed at the World Indoor Championships in
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
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and
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
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January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
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without reaching the finals.
His personal best is 5.75 metres, achieved on 9 July 2008 in
Karlsruhe
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. He has a better indoor result with 5.85 m,21 January 2011
Villeurbanne
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.
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Competition record
See also
* French all-time top lists - Pole vault
References
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1983 births
Living people
French male pole vaulters
Olympic athletes for France
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Chambray-lès-Tours
Athletes from Centre-Val de Loire
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
20th-century French sportsmen
21st-century French sportsmen
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