Serge Hélan (born 24 February 1964 in

Pointe-à-Pitre Pointe-à-Pitre (; , , or simply , ) is the second most populous commune of Guadeloupe (after Les Abymes). Guadeloupe is an overseas region and Overseas department, department of France located in the Lesser Antilles, of which it is a ''Subprefectu ...

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galant ...

) is a retired

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triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

er, best known for his bronze medal at the 1995 World Indoor Championships. His personal best was 17.55 metres, achieved at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki. This was a French record as well. He also competed in the

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

from time to time, his personal best was 8.12 metres.

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* 1964 births Living people French male triple jumpers French male long jumpers French people of Guadeloupean descent Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for France European Athletics Championships medalists Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1993 Mediterranean Games French Athletics Championships winners 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-longjump-bio-stub