Patrick Abada

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Patrick Abada (born 20 March 1954) is a retired French pole vaulter.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Height jumped
1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada	4th	5.45 m
1979	Universiade	Mexico City, Mexico	3rd
1980	European Indoor Championships	Sindelfingen, West Germany	3rd	5.55 m
1983	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	5.55 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th

His best jump was one of 5.70 m, made on 26 August 1983, in Brussels.

He represented France in pole vaulting 25 times between 1973 and 1985.

[edit] Trivia

For several months he had a relationship with Claude Chirac, the youngest daughter of the former French president Jacques Chirac.

In a TV show called “The Superstars: The Superstars” filmed on 2 August 1980, he competed for the Ferguson Trophy. It was filmed in the Wingate Sports Institute, Netanya, Israel, and the competitors were: Brian Jacks, Judo champion and winner of that year's UK Superstars; Ties Kruize, 1977 and joint 1978 European Superstars champion, from Holland; Kjell Isaksson, Swedish pole vaulter, and winner of the first two European series; Moshe Ganzi, Israeli water-ski champion; Tony Ward, Rugby Union's player of the year, from Ireland; Joop Zoetemelk, Dutch champion cyclist; and Kork Ballington, 250 and 350cc motor cycling world champion.