Jean-Paul Martin du Gard

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Jean-Paul Martin du Gard (born May 3, 1927 in Paris , † February 26, 2017 there ) was a French athlete .

In 1950 at the European Championships in Brussels , the French team ran in the 4 x 400 meter relay with René Leroux , Francis Schewetta , Jean-Paul Martin du Gard and Jacques Lunis with 3: 11.6 minutes French record, but was behind the British, Italians and Swedes only fourth.

At the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 , Jean-Pierre Goudeau , Robert Bart , Jacques Degats and Martin du Gard finished sixth in 3: 10.1 minutes.

In 1954 at the European Championships in Bern , Martin du Gard ran 48.2 seconds in the semifinals of the 400-meter run and narrowly missed the finals. The French relay with the line-up of Pierre Haarhoff , Degats, Martin du Gard and Goudeau won gold with a new national record of 3: 08.7 minutes, just ahead of the relay from the Federal Republic of Germany.

At the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 , Martin du Gard was eliminated with 48.2 seconds in the quarter-finals over 400 meters. The relay in the line-up of the European Championships in 1954 could not qualify for the final.

literature

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

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SURNAME Martin du Gard, Jean-Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION french sprinter
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 2017
Place of death Paris