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Michel Jazy

1936 - 2024

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Michel Jazy (13 June 1936 – 1 February 2024) was a French middle-distance runner and long-distance runner. He won the 1500 metres silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics, as well as two golds (in 1962 and 1966) and one silver (in 1966) at the European Championships. He set nine world records in the mile (once), 2000 metres (twice) and 3000 metres (twice), the two miles (twice) and the 4×1500 metres relay (twice). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Jazy is the 606th most popular athlete (down from 129th in 2019), the 4,125th most popular biography from France (down from 2,790th in 2019) and the 26th most popular French Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Michel Jazy ranks 606 out of 6,025. Before him are Caroline Smith, Albert Hill, Heikki Liimatainen, Ottavio Missoni, Mikio Oda, and David Curtiss Munson. After him are Francisco Villota, Veli Lehtelä, Alice Coachman, Henri Chammartin, George Larner, and Mate Trojanović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Michel Jazy ranks 336. Before him are Hans Zender, George Eastham, Bobby Seale, Héctor Núñez, Scott LaFaro, and Carlos Mota Pinto. After him are Nutan, Conchita Bautista, Òscar Ribas Reig, Carlos Fonseca, James C. Scott, and Sancho Gracia. Among people deceased in 2024, Michel Jazy ranks 309. Before him are Richard H. Truly, George Eastham, Richard Simmons, Francisco Rodríguez, Charles Shyer, and Pedro Rubiano Sáenz. After him are Kishin Shinoyama, Guram Kostava, Lynn Conway, Allen J. Bard, Anatoliy Konkov, and Béla Károlyi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Jazy ranks 4,125 out of 6,770. Before him are Isaac Oliver (1556), Patrick Devedjian (1944), Jean Philippe (1931), Gisèle Casadesus (1914), Charles Pasqua (1927), and Valentine Hugo (1887). After him are Philippe Hériat (1898), Denis Lavant (1961), Petrus Borel (1809), Noël Martin Joseph de Necker (1730), Frédéric Kanouté (1977), and Maurice Schumann (1911).

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Among ATHLETES In France

Among athletes born in France, Michel Jazy ranks 26. Before him are Robert Liottel (1885), Émile Champion (1879), André Bonin (1909), Austria at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Eventing (null), Roger Beaufrand (1908), and Louis Hostin (1908). After him are Joseph Alzin (1893), Émile Delchambre (1875), Jean Cau (1875), Jean Bouin (1888), André Gaudin (1874), and Henri Deloge (1874).

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