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| Full name | Alexandre Charles Sixte Jany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 January 1929 (1929-01-05) Toulouse, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 July 2001 (2001-07-19) (aged 72) Marseilles, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 107 kg (236 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dauphins du TOEC, Toulouse CRS Marseille | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexandre Charles Sixte "Alex" Jany (5 January 1929 – 18 July 2001) was a French freestyle swimmer and water polo player. As a swimmer, he competed in 100–400 m events at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics, alongside his sister Ginette Jany-Sendral, and he won bronze medals in the 4 × 200 m relay in 1948 and 1952. In 1948 he placed fifth-sixth in the individual 100 m and 400 m events; he won those events at the 1947 and 1950 European championships, setting world records in both in 1947. At the 1960 Olympics he competed only in water polo and placed ninth. In 1977 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
He won the 1946 ASA British 'Open' National Championship 100 metres freestyle title.
See also
References
- "Alex Jany". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
Full name: Alexandre Charles Sixte "Alex" Jany
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alex Jany". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- "ALEX JANY (FRA) 1977 Honor Swimmer". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ""Amateur Swimming Championships." Times, 19 Aug. 1946, p. 8". Times Digital Archive. 19 August 1946. p. 8. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
100 YARDS MEN'S FREE STYLE CHAMPIONSHIP.-A. Jany (Dauphins du T.O.E.C.). 52sec. (British record)
External links
Media related to Alex Jany at Wikimedia Commons
Media related to Alex Jany at Wikimedia Commons
| Mediterranean Games champions in Men's 100 m Freestyle | |
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- 1929 births
- 2001 deaths
- Swimmers from Toulouse
- Olympic swimmers for France
- Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for France
- World record setters in swimming
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- French male freestyle swimmers
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
- Swimmers at the 1951 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
- Olympic water polo players for France
- Water polo players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century French sportsmen