Claude Piquemal

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Claude Piquemal (born March 13, 1939 in Siguer , Ariège ) is a former French athlete . With a height of 1.72 m, his competition weight was 64 kg.

Athletic career

Claude Piquemal first took part in the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 . He was eliminated in the quarter-finals in the 100-meter run . The relay was disqualified in advance. At the European Championships in Belgrade in 1962 , he won gold over 100 meters in 10.4 seconds in front of his compatriot Jocelyn Delecour . Despite the two fast sprinters in the end, the French relay only finished fourth in 40.0 seconds.

At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964, Piquemal reached the semi-finals over 100 meters, in which he was eliminated in 10.5 seconds. With the relay he won bronze in 39.3 seconds behind the relay from the USA and Poland. In the season Paul Genevay , Bernard Laidebeur , Piquemal and Delecour were in action.

At the European Championships in Budapest in 1966 , Piquemal could not defend his 1962 title. Behind the Pole Wiesław Maniak and his compatriot Roger Bambuck he finished third in 10.5 seconds. The two in front of him were also stopped with 10.5. With the season in the cast Marc Berger , Jocelyn Delecour, Claude Piquemal and Roger Bambuck, France won in 39.4 seconds before the season from the Soviet Union.

In Mexico City, Piquemal only appeared in the relay at the 1968 Olympic Games and won bronze in the line-up of Gérard Fenouil , Delecour, Piquemal and Bambuck in 38.43 seconds.

Claude Piquemal was only French champion in the 100-meter run in 1960 and 1963. At the beginning of his career, Delecour usually won, and Bambuck from 1965.

Piquemal, who came entirely from the south of France, and Delecour, who came from the Belgian border, ran together in the French relay for ten years, with Piquemal mostly competing in the second corner, while Delecour either ran the back straight or the home straight.

literature

  • Ekkehard zur Megede : The Modern Olympic Century 1896–1996. Track and Field Athletics. German Society for Athletics Documentation eV, Neuss 1999.