Jean Galfione

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Jean Galfione
Jean Galfione
Medal record
Competitor for Flag of France France
Men’s athletics
Olympic Games
Gold 1996 Atlanta Pole vault
World Championships
Bronze 1995 Gothenburg Pole vault
European Championships
Bronze 1994 Helsinki Pole vault
Bronze 1998 Budapest Pole vault

Jean Galfione (born 9 June 1971 in Paris) is a French athlete. In 1995 he won the bronze medal pole vault at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics. In 1996 he won the gold medal in the pole vault at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1999, he won the IAAF Indoor World Championships clearing 6.00m.


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Year Tournament Venue Result
1990 World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 1st
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 10th
1993 World Indoor Championships Toronto, Canada 3rd
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 8th
Universiade Buffalo, United States 3rd
Mediterranean Games Languedoc-Roussillon, France 3rd
1994 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 2nd
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 3rd
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 3rd
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 1st
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 1st

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