Jacques Secrétin
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
- Participation in 12 table tennis world championships
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1973 in Sarajevo
- 3rd place doubles (with Jean-Denis Constant)
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1975 in Calcutta
- 3rd place doubles (with Jean-Denis Constant)
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1977 in Birmingham
- 1st place mixed doubles (with Claude Bergeret )
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1979 in Pyongyang
- 3rd place mixed doubles (with Claude Bergeret )
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1981 in Novi Sad
- 3rd place doubles (with Patrick Birocheau )
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1973 in Sarajevo
- Participation in 8 European championships
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1974 in Novi Sad
- 3rd place mixed doubles (with Claude Bergeret )
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1976 in Prague
- 1st place single
- 3rd place mixed doubles (with Claude Bergeret )
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1978 in Duisburg
- 4th place with the men's team
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1980 in Bern
- 3rd place single
- 1st place doubles (with Patrick Birocheau )
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1982 in Budapest
- 3rd place doubles (with Patrick Birocheau )
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1984 in Moscow
- 1st place mixed doubles (with Valentina Popovová )
- 3rd place doubles (with Patrick Birocheau )
- 1st place with the team
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1986 in Prague
- 2nd place with men's team
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1974 in Novi Sad
- 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 |
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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
- Table tennis legend Jacques Secretin has passed away. In: tischtennis.de . November 25, 2020.
Individual evidence
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1997/3 page 43
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1984/5 page 21
- ^ Jacques Secrétin results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 14, 2011)
personal data | |
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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 |