Patrick Abada

Patrick Abada (born 20 March 1954 in Paris) is a retired French pole vaulter and Olympian, having competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1] His best vault was one of 5.70 m, made on 26 August 1983, in Brussels. As of August 2001, that mark was the 126th best pole vault of all time.[2] He represented France in pole vaulting 25 times between 1973 and 1985.

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  France
1973 European Indoor Championships Rotterdam, Netherlands 6th 5.20 m
European Junior Championships Duisburg, West Germany – NM
1974 European Championships Rome, Italy 9th 5.10 m
1976 Olympic Games Montreal, Canada 4th 5.45 m
1978 European Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia 9th 5.30 m
1979 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria – NM
World Cup Montreal, Canada 2nd 5.45 m1
Universiade Mexico City, Mexico 3rd 5.55 m
1980 European Indoor Championships Sindelfingen, West Germany 3rd 5.55 m
1983 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd 5.55 m
Mediterranean Games Casablanca, Morocco 1st[3][4] 5.55 m
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 6th 5.55 m
1985 World Indoor Games Paris, France 4th 5.50 m

1Representing Europe

Physical characteristics
  • Height: 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
  • Weight: 80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)

Current work

He is currently president of the athletics section of the Racing Club de France .[5]

Personal life

Abada is from an Algerian family of Turkish origin.[6]

Notes
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Patrick Abada". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. World men's all-time best pole vault
  3. "Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Mediterranean Games". Olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 April 2021. 1–0–0 1983 Casablanca ATH gold: pole vault
  4. "Mediterranean Games". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  5. Racing Club de France Archived 2008-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Afrique-Asie, Issues 178-190: Sports, Société d'Éditions Afrique, Asie, Amérique Latine, 1979, p. 414, Les Jeux méditerranéens vont s'ouvrir à Alger, quand on apprend que le perchiste français Patrick Abada a émis le souhait de ... La vérité est pourtant toute simple : Abada est d'une vieille famille algéroise (d'origine turque) dont de ....



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