Claude Jean-Prost

Claude Jean-Prost
nation	France
birthday	November 20, 1936
date of death	January 8, 2018
Career
society	Les Rousses
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Four Hills Tournament	32nd ( 1959/60 )

Claude Jean-Prost (born November 20, 1936 - † January 8, 2018 ) was a French ski jumper .

Career

Jean-Prost made his international debut at the Four Hills Tournament in 1959/60 . After rank 25 on the Schattenbergschanze in Oberstdorf and rank 35 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , he achieved his best result with rank 19 in Innsbruck on the Bergiselschanze . In the overall standings he reached 32nd place with 587.6 points.

At the following Olympic Winter Games in 1960 in Squaw Valley , he achieved 26th place from the normal hill with jumps on 84.5 and 75.5 meters.

After a year off, Jean-Prost started his second and final Four Hills Tournament . At the Four Hills Tournament in 1961/62 , however, he only jumped in Oberstdorf and only came in 50th there. In the overall ranking he reached 83rd place.

Jean-Prost's last international tournament started at the 1962 Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane . From the large hill he jumped to a weak 84.5 and 81 meters and ended up only in the rear midfield on 51st place. After landing at 63 and 62.5 meters on the normal hill, he finished 42nd.

His son Nicolas was also successful as a ski jumper.

successes

Four Hills Tournament placements

season	space	Points
1959/60	32.	587.6
1961/62	83.	184.5

literature

• Jens Jahn , Egon Theiner : Encyclopedia of Ski Jumping . 1st edition. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2004, ISBN 3-89784-099-5 .

Web links

• Claude Jean-Prost in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Claude Jean-Prost in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Claude Jean-Prost on The-Sports.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Egon Theiner: Encyclopedia of Ski Jumping , p. 159
2. ↑ Egon Theiner: Encyclopedia of Ski Jumping , p. 160