Jacqueline Curtet (born 9 May 1955) is a French former athlete, who specialized in the long jump.
Curtet took third in the long jump at the 1975 European Cup held in Nice.European Cup (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 13 March 2016. In 1977, she won the gold medal at the Summer Universiade at Sofia, Bulgaria, with a jump of 6.38 m.Summer Universiade (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 13 March 2016. She was a three-time participant at the European Athletics Indoor Championships, her best finish being fourth in 1978.Jacqueline Curtet. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 13 March 2016.
She won three outdoor French national long jump titles and six French national indoor titles. She improved three times the French record in the long jump, establishing successively 6.57 m in 1977 and 6.58 m and 6.62 m in 1978. She also held the French national record in the 4 × 100 m relay.
Her mother Yvonne Curtet was a former French long jump champion and also shared the honour of breaking the French record and representing France at the European Athletics Championships. They were the first mother/daughter combination to have competed in the same event at the European Championships.Villaseñor, Miguel (2012). European Championships Miscellaneous . RFEA. Retrieved on 13 March 2016.
After retiring from the sport she married and took the name Jacky Fréchet.
International competitions 1975European CupNice, France3rd Long jump6.36 mUniversiadeRome, Italy8thLong jump6.12 m1976European Indoor ChampionshipsMunich, West Germany6th Long jump6.25 m1977European Indoor ChampionshipsSan Sebastián, Spain8th Long jump6.19 mUniversiadeSofia, Bulgaria1st Long jump6.38 m1978European Indoor ChampionshipsMilan, Italy4th Long jump6.44 mEuropean ChampionshipsPrague, Czechoslovakia9thLong jump6.24 m
National titles French Championships in Athletics Long jump: 1974, 1976, 1978French Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 13 March 2016. French Indoor Championships in Athletics Long jump: 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981French Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 13 March 2016.
Personal records Event Performance Location DateLong jumpOutdoors6.62 mParis, France23 July 1978Indoors6.52 mVittel, France11 February 1978
References
Docathlé 2003, pages 42, 43, 175, 214 et 397, FFA.
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