Alain Andji
French pole vaulter (born 1974)
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Born | 20 November 1974 (1974-11-20) (age 49) Treichville, Ivory Coast | ||||||||||||||
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Alain Andji (born 20 November 1974 in Treichville, Ivory Coast) is a French pole vaulter. He changed nationality from his birth country Ivory Coast.
Andji finished eighth at the 1996 European Indoor Championships,[1] ninth at the 1996 Olympic Games, eleventh at the 1997 World Indoor Championships and first at the 1997 Mediterranean Games.[2]
Before switching to France he set an Ivory Coast national record of 5.10 metres in June 1992 in Yerres.[3] His career best jump was 5.85 metres, achieved in May 1997 in Bonneuil-sur-Marne.
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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1994 | Jeux de la Francophonie | Paris, France | 3rd | 5.30 m |
1995 | World Indoor Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 20th (q) | 5.30 m |
1996 | European Indoor Championships | Stockholm, Sweden | 8th | 5.45 m |
Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 9th | 5.70 m | |
1997 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 11th | 5.40 m |
Mediterranean Games | Bari, Italy | 1st | 5.70 m | |
World Championships | Athens, Greece | 17th (q) | 5.60 m |
See also
References
- ^ 1996 European Indoor Championships, men's pole vault final
- ^ Mediterranean Games - GBR Athletics
- ^ Côte d'Ivoire athletics records Archived 2007-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Alain Andji at World Athletics
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Mediterranean Games champions in men's pole vault
- 1951: Victor Sillon (FRA)
- 1955: Giulio Chiesa (ITA)
- 1959: Rigas Efstathiadis (GRE)
- 1963: Roman Lešek (YUG)
- 1967–1971: Christos Papanikolaou (GRE)
- 1975: Silvio Fraquelli (ITA)
- 1979: Philippe Houvion (FRA)
- 1983: Patrick Abada (FRA)
- 1987: Gianni Stecchi (ITA)
- 1991: Philippe d'Encausse (FRA)
- 1993: Stavros Tsitouras (GRE)
- 1997: Alain Andji (FRA)
- 2001: Andrea Giannini (ITA)
- 2005: Konstadinos Filippidis (GRE)
- 2009: Not held
- 2013: Giuseppe Gibilisco (ITA)
- 2018: Not held
- 2022: Ersu Şaşma (TUR)
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