This is an article about Jacques Rousseau the athlete. For the 17th century French Huguenot painter, see Jacques Rousseau.

Jacques Rousseau is a French athlete born on March 10, 1951 in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe. In 2006, he was living in Guadeloupe.

[edit] Achievements

• Personal best in the long jump: 8.26 meters in 1976 (French record)

• European champion long jumper in 1978
• European indoor long-jump champion in 1975 and 1976
• French champion long jumper in 1975, 1976 and 1977
• French indoor long-jump champion in 1973, 1975 and 1976
• He participated in two Olympics, in 1972 at Munich (tenth) and in 1976 at Montréal (fourth)
• European junior vice-champion d'Europe in long jump in 1970
• Selected several times for the junior and senior French teams, he also won a European cup for long jump and 4 by 4 relays. Along with his team, the Racing Club of France, he was French champion of the 4x400m relay.

• A versatile athlete, he also has turned in the following performances:
  • 47.5 in the 400 meter
  • 20.7 in the 200 meter
  • 10.3 in the 100 meter
  • 2 meters in the high jump

[edit] References

This is a translation of the corresponding page in the French Wikipedia.

[edit] External People

IAAF profile for Jacques Rousseau

v • d • e European Champions in Men's Long Jump 1934: Wilhelm Leichum  • 1938: Wilhelm Leichum  • 1946: Olle Laessker  • 1950: Torfi Bryngeirsson  • 1954: Ödön Földessy  • 1958: Igor Ter-Ovanesyan  • 1962: Igor Ter-Ovanesyan  • 1966: Lynn Davies  • 1969: Igor Ter-Ovanesyan  • 1971: Max Klauß  • 1974: Valeriy Podluzhniy  • 1978: Jacques Rousseau  • 1982: Lutz Dombrowski  • 1986: Robert Emmiyan  • 1990: Dietmar Haaf  • 1994: Ivailo Mladenov  • 1998: Kirill Sosunov  • 2002: Olexiy Lukashevych  • 2006: Andrew Howe

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