Jacques Favart

Personal information
Full name:	Jacques Favart
Country represented:	France
Date of birth:	July 30, 1920(1920-07-30)
Place of birth:	Paris
Date of death:	September 27, 1980 (aged 60)
Partner:	Denise Favart

Jacques Favart (b. July 30, 1920 – d. September 27, 1980) was a French sports official and figure skater.

He won the French Figure Skating Championships in men's singles in 1942. As a pair skater, he competed with his wife Denise Favart from 1946 to 1950. They placed 14th at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

He served as president of the International Skating Union from 1967 to 1980, and of Fédération Française des Sports de Glace from 1968 to 1969.

He was inaugurated in the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1993.

[edit] Competitive highlights

[edit] Pair skating

(with Denise Favart)

Event	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950
Winter Olympic Games			14th
World Championships		10th	WDR	10th	12th
European Championships		8th
French Championships	1st	1st	1st	1st

• WDR = Withdrawn

[edit] References

• ISU statistics
• various news papers
• Magazin Patinage artistique

Preceded by Ernst Labin

President of the International Skating Union 1967–1980

Succeeded by Olaf Poulsen

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Persondata
NAME	Favart, Jacques
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	French figure skater and sport official
DATE OF BIRTH	July 30, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris
DATE OF DEATH	September 27, 1980
PLACE OF DEATH