Pierre Camara
French triple jumper
Pierre Camara (born 15 September 1965)[1] is a retired French triple jumper, best known for his triple jump gold medal at the 1993 World Indoor Championships. In the triple jump final of those championships, he jumped 17.59 m, which was a new championship record and a new French indoor record. His French indoor record of 17.59 m was broken in 2010 by Teddy Tamgho. Camara was born in Castres, Tarn.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1985 | European Indoor Championships | Piraeus, Greece | 8th | Triple jump | 16.07 m |
1986 | European Indoor Championships | Madrid, Spain | 10th | Triple jump | 16.28 m |
1989 | European Indoor Championships | The Hague, Netherlands | 7th | Triple jump | 16.52 m |
Jeux de la Francophonie | Casablanca, Morocco | 2nd | Triple jump | 16.87 m | |
1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 15th (q) | Triple jump | 16.18 m (+0.7 m/s) |
1991 | Mediterranean Games | Athens, Greece | – | Triple jump | NM |
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 11th | Triple jump | 16.52 m |
1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto, Canada | 1st | Triple jump | 17.59 m |
Mediterranean Games | Narbonne, France | 1st | Triple jump | 17.03 m | |
World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 5th | Triple jump | 17.28 m |
References
- ^ Dupuy, Gérard (20 May 2017). "Les Jeux Olympiques" (PDF). French Athletics Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- Pierre Camara at World Athletics
- Pierre Camara's profile at Sports Reference.com
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World Indoor Champions in men's triple jump
- 1985: Khristo Markov (BUL)
- 1987: Mike Conley Sr. (USA)
- 1989: Mike Conley Sr. (USA)
- 1991: Igor Lapshin (URS)
- 1993: Pierre Camara (FRA)
- 1995: Brian Wellman (BER)
- 1997: Yoel García (CUB)
- 1999: Charles Friedek (GER)
- 2001: Paolo Camossi (ITA)
- 2003: Christian Olsson (SWE)
- 2004: Christian Olsson (SWE)
- 2006: Walter Davis (USA)
- 2008: Phillips Idowu (GBR)
- 2010: Teddy Tamgho (FRA)
- 2012: Will Claye (USA)
- 2014: Ernesto Revé (CUB)
- 2016: Dong Bin (CHN)
- 2018: Will Claye (USA)
- 2022: Lázaro Martínez (CUB)
- 2024: Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR)
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