Michel Jazy

Michel Jazy ( born June 13, 1936 in Oignies ) is a French athlete of Polish descent, between 1953 - 1966 was successful as a middle and long distance runners. He got up from 1956 - 1966 59 times in the French national team. He ran nine world records, 17 European records and 51 French national records and won at European Championships two gold and one silver medal, but lost at the Olympic Games 1960 on 1500m against Herb Elliott. He started for the club Atlétique in Montreuil and was trained by Roger Frassinelli and Jo Malléjac. He is 1.77 m tall and weighed in its active life of 65 kg.

Career

1953 he had his first sporty appearance, when he became a student of Master over 1000 m. Two years later he won the Junior Cup over 1500 m. Aged 20, he participated in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne in part, however, was not in the finals. Things went better for him in 1958 at the European Championships in Stockholm, where he was able to place more than 1500 m in tenth. From now on, profiled Michel Jazy itself. Routes on all 1500-5000 m After 1964 in Tokyo, the only low point of his career - he was above 1500 m 50 meters before the finish at the top and was then beaten by inches Fourth - had seen him in the following year succeeded over 2 miles in world record time a victory over Ron Clarke and finally the crowning glory of winning the European Championships in the 5000m.

The son of an emigrated from Poland to France miner learned in the sports newspaper l' Equipe the profession of a typesetter.

1960, 1962 and 1965, he was chosen by the sports newspaper L' Équipe France's Sportsman of the Year ( " champion of champions" ). In 1965 he was European Athlete of the Year.

Michel Jazy is closely associated with the sport today. In 1979, he called the Fall Classic "20 km de Paris " in life.

Services

• Olympic games 1960 Rome:

• 3000 m:

• 2 miles:

• Season: 4x1500 m in 14:49,0 min on 25 June 1965 in Saint -Maur, Jazy as the third leg ( This record held 8 years)