Jacques Secrétin

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Jacques Secrétin (born March 18, 1949 in Carvin , Pas-de-Calais , † November 25, 2020 ) was a French table tennis player. In the 1970s and 1980s he was one of the best table tennis players in the world, was European champion in singles and world champion in mixed.

He became known to a larger audience through his show with Vincent Purkart , with which he tried to bring table tennis closer to the non-professional audience.

National

Secrétin was left-handed. He played for AC Kremlin-Bicêtre in the early 1970s, with whom he won the French team championship in 1973. Between 1966 and 1989 he won 17 French championships in men's singles and 19 in men's and mixed doubles, as well as numerous titles with the team.

International

His international career started in 1959 at the International Championships of England (pupil) in Folkestone. Secrétin achieved the greatest success in 1976 as European champion in men's singles. He won the final against Anatoly Strokatow from the USSR . That year he was also ranked second in the world . In 1977 he won in Birmingham with Claude Bergeret the World Cup in the mixed doubles. Other titles at European Championships were 1980 doubles (with Patrick Birocheau ) and 1984 mixed (with Valentina Popowa ) and the team competition.

After the 1987 World Cup, he ended his international career. He then appeared in numerous table tennis shows, with Vincent Purkart until 1996 , then with Andrzej Grubba .

Private

Secrétin was married to his wife Colette and had two children. He was a professional table tennis player and was paid by the Ministry of Culture and Sport in Paris. In 1984 he was awarded the Legion of Honor by the French state .

successes

  • National successes
    • 1963–1966 school and youth champion of France
    • 1966–1986 (except 1976, 1983, 1984, 1985) individual champions of France
  • societies
    • AS Messine
    • US Kremlin-Bicetre
    • Levallois UTT

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
FRA  European Championship  1986  Prague  TCH     Quarter finals    2
FRA  European Championship  1984  Moscow  URS     Semifinals  gold  1
FRA  European Championship  1982  Budapest  HUN   Quarter finals  Semifinals  Quarter finals   
FRA  European Championship  1980  Bern  SUI   Semifinals  gold  Quarter finals   
FRA  European Championship  1978  Duisburg  FRG   last 16    Quarter finals   
FRA  European Championship  1976  Prague  TCH   gold  Quarter finals  Semifinals   
FRA  European Championship  1974  Novi Sad  YUG   Quarter finals  Quarter finals  Semifinals   
FRA  European Championship  1972  Rotterdam  NED   Quarter finals  Quarter finals     
FRA  EURO TOP12  1986  Sodertalje  SWE   12th       
FRA  EURO TOP12  1985  Barcelona  ESP   4th       
FRA  EURO TOP12  1984  Bratislava  TCH   8th       
FRA  EURO TOP12  1983  Cleveland  CLOSELY   5       
FRA  EURO TOP12  1982  Nantes  FRA   5       
FRA  EURO TOP12  1981  Miskolc  HUN   5       
FRA  EURO TOP12  1980  Munich  FRG   3      
FRA  EURO TOP12  1979  Kristianstad  SWE   3      
FRA  EURO TOP12  1978  Prague  TCH   6th       
FRA  EURO TOP12  1977  Sarajevo  YUG   3       
FRA  EURO TOP12  1976  Lübeck  FRG   9       
FRA  EURO TOP12  1975  Vienna  AUT   7th       
FRA  EURO TOP12  1974  Trollhatten  SWE   8th       
FRA  EURO TOP12  1973  Boeblingen  FRG   6th       
FRA  EURO TOP12  1972  Zagreb  YUG   10       
FRA  EURO TOP12  1971  Zadar  YUG   5       
FRA  Mediterranean Championship  1968  Alexandria  EGY   gold  gold  gold  1
FRA  Mediterranean Games  1979  Hvar Split  YUG   silver  gold  gold   
FRA  World Championship  1987  New Delhi  IND   last 32  last 16  no participants  13th 
FRA  World Championship  1985  Gothenburg  SWE   Scratched  Scratched  no participants  8th 
FRA  World Championship  1983  Tokyo  JPN   last 32  last 16  last 16  8th 
FRA  World Championship  1981  Novi Sad  YUG   last 64  Semifinals  Quarter finals  5 
FRA  World Championship  1979  Pyongyang  PRK   last 32  Quarter finals  Semifinals  5 
FRA  World Championship  1977  Birmingham  CLOSELY   last 16  Quarter finals  gold  9 
FRA  World Championship  1975  Calcutta  IND   last 16  Semifinals  last 16  9 
FRA  World Championship  1973  Sarajevo  YUG   Quarter finals  Semifinals  last 16  12th 
FRA  World Championship  1971  Nagoya  JPN   last 64  last 32  last 32  7th 
FRA  World Championship  1969  Munich  FRG   last 32  last 32  last 64  10 
FRA  World Championship  1965  Ljubljana  YUG   Agony  last 64  last 64  19th 
FRA  World cup  1982  Hong Kong  HKG   10       

philately

For the 50th anniversary of the French table tennis federation FFTT in 1977 and to win the table tennis world championship in 1977 in Birmingham in the mixed of Jacques Secrétin and Claude Bergeret , a postage stamp for 1.10 France was issued on December 17, 1977 by the French post office (Michel no . 2060). The circulation was 7,000,000 pieces. There was also a special postmark in Paris on the first day of this stamp with a picture of a table tennis bat. From this postage stamp there are color proofs, ministerial pads, artist pads signed by the engraver René Quillivic and imperforate stamps.

literature

  • Christophe Wyrzykowski: The greatness of the master , DTS magazine , 1984/5 pages 21-22
  • Christophe Wyrzykowski: Farewell to the international stage: Jacques Secretin , DTS magazine , 1987/3 pages 42–44

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1997/3 page 43
  2. ↑ DTS magazine , 1984/5 page 21
  3. ^ Jacques Secrétin results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 14, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Secrétin, Jacques
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Carvin , Pas-de-Calais department
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 2020