Jean-Claude Nallet

Jean -Claude Nallet ( born March 15, 1947 in Champdor, Department of Ain ) is a French former track and field athlete. At a height of 1.87 m his competition weight was 85 kg.

After Nallet became in 1966 Vice European Junior champion in the 200 -meter run and European champion with the 4 x 100 - meter relay, he took up also at the European Championships in 1966 and immediately won bronze over 200m in 21.0 s The 1968 Olympic Games, he retired in the 400 - meter race from the semi-finals. With the French 4 x 400 - meter relay team he reached the finals, but then finished only eighth place. This should be his best result at the Olympics.

At the European Championships in 1969 Nallet was s second over 400 meters behind the Pole Jan Werner in 45.8. In the 4 x 400 - meter relay, he ran as a cage rotor. He took over the baton in the lead position, and ran into the goal as European champions. 1970 Nallet rose to 400 - meter hurdles, he 's ahead of Christian Rudolph won at the European Championships 1971 in 49.2 from the GDR. With the Season Nallet was sixth. In the same year he was appointed by the sports newspaper L' Équipe France's Sportsman of the Year ( " champion of champions" ) selected.

1974 at the European Championships Nallet was behind the British see Alan Pascoe second on the 400 - meter hurdles during the period from 48.94 With the season he won the bronze medal. At the Olympic Games in 1976 Nallet narrowly missed the final hurdle. In 1978 he took part Nallet for the fifth time at the European Championships in 50.10 s, he was again sixth in the 400 - meter hurdles. After the 1979 season Nallet ended his career.

1934: Hans Scheele | 1938: Prudent Joye | 1946: Bertel Storskrubb | 1950: Armando Filiput | 1954: Anatoli Julin | 1958: Yuri Litujew | 1962: Salvatore Morale | 1966: Roberto Frinolli | 1969: Vyacheslav Skomorochow | 1971: Jean -Claude Nallet | 1974: Alan Pascoe | 1978: Harald Schmid | 1982: Harald Schmid | 1986: Harald Schmid | 1990: Kriss Akabusi | 1994 Oleh Twerdochleb | 1998: Paweł Januszewski | 2002: Stéphane Diagana | 2006: Periklis Iakovakis | 2010: David Greene | 2012: Rhys Williams

  • Man
  • Athlete (France)
  • European Champion ( athletics)
  • Olympian (France)
  • Hurdler
  • Sprinter
  • Born in 1947
1966 European Athletics Championships 400 metres 4 × 400 metres relay 1969 European Athletics Championships Jan Werner (athlete) 1971 European Athletics Championships 1974 European Athletics Championships 1978 European Athletics Championships Dai Greene Rhys Williams (athlete)
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