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French sprinter (born 1935)

Jocelyn Delecour
Delecour in 1963
Personal information
Born2 January 1935 (1935-01-02) (age 89)
Tourcoing, France
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
SportSprint running
ClubUST Athlétisme, Tourcoing
Racing Club de France, Paris
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m - 10.31 (1959)
200 m - 20.7 (1963)
Medal record
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo 4×100 m
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico City 4×100 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1966 Budapest 4×100 m
Silver medal – second place 1962 Belgrade 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 1958 Stockholm 200 m

Jocelyn Delecour (born 2 January 1935) is a retired French sprinter. He competed in various sprint events at the 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1964 in the 4×100 metre relay, together with Paul Genevay, Bernard Laidebeur and Claude Piquemal. Four years later he and Piquemal teamed up with Gérard Fenouil and Roger Bambuck to win the bronze medal once again in the same event.

At the European Championships, Delecour won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m (1966), 100 m (1962) and 200 m (1958) events, respectively.

References

  1. ^ Jocelyn Delecour Archived 12 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. Jocelyn Delecour. trackfield.brinkster.net
  3. Jocelyn DELECOUR. the-sports.org
European Athletics Championships champions in men's 4 × 100 metres relay


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