Serge Hélan

Serge Helan ( born February 24, 1964 in Pointe -à- Pitre, Guadeloupe ) is a French former triple jumper.

In 1986, he broke the first Frenchman to 17.13 m the 17 -meter mark and finished ninth at the European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart. In 1987, he won gold at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Liévin, but different at the IAAF World Championships in Rome in qualifying.

He was fourth at the European Indoor Championships in The Hague and sixth at the World Indoor Championships in Budapest 1989. At the European Athletics Championships in 1990 in Split and at the World Championships in 1991, he failed in the first round. In 1992, he won a silver medal at the European Indoor Championships in Genoa. Both in the triple jump as well as the long jump, he qualified for the Olympic Games in Barcelona, ​​however, came in both disciplines not go beyond the first round.

The following year he finished ninth at the World Championships in Stuttgart in 1993. In 1994 he was fourth at the European Indoor Championships in Paris and won the silver medal at the European Championships in Helsinki.

In 1995 a bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships in Barcelona and a Vorrundenaus at the World Championships in Gothenburg. In 1997 he finished tenth at the World Championships in Athens, and in 1998 he finished his international career with a bronze medal at the European Indoor Championships in Valencia from.

Serge Helan is 1,76 m tall and weighs 70 kg. He was trained by Jean- Hervé Stievenart and started for CA Montreuil.

Six times he was French champion in the open air (1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1996) and eleven times in the Hall ( 1986-1990, 1992-1995, 1997, 1998 ). 1990 and 1992 he was also national indoor champion in the long jump.

Personal best

• Long jump: 8,12 m 24 May 1992 Fontainebleau
• Triple Jump: 17,55 m, August 13, 1994, Helsinki ( former French record ) Hall: 17,24 m, February 23, 1997 Bordeaux ( French former record )