Patrick Abada (born 20 March 1954 in Paris) is a retired French pole vaulter and Olympian, having competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. His best vault was one of 5.70 m, made on 26 August 1983, in Brussels. As of August 2001, that mark was the 126th best pole vault of all time. He represented France in pole vaulting 25 times between 1973 and 1985.
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing  France
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| 1973 | European Indoor Championships | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 6th | 5.20 m |
| European Junior Championships | Duisburg, West Germany | – | NM | |
| 1974 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 9th | 5.10 m |
| 1976 | Olympic Games | Montreal, Canada | 4th | 5.45 m |
| 1978 | European Championships | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 9th | 5.30 m |
| 1979 | European Indoor Championships | Vienna, Austria | – | NM |
| World Cup | Montreal, Canada | 2nd | 5.45 m | |
| Universiade | Mexico City, Mexico | 3rd | 5.55 m | |
| 1980 | European Indoor Championships | Sindelfingen, West Germany | 3rd | 5.55 m |
| 1983 | European Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 3rd | 5.55 m |
| Mediterranean Games | Casablanca, Morocco | 1st | 5.55 m | |
| World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 6th | 5.55 m | |
| 1985 | World Indoor Games | Paris, France | 4th | 5.50 m |
Representing Europe
Physical characteristics
- Height: 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
- Weight: 80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Current work
He is currently president of the athletics section of the Racing Club de France .
Personal life
Abada is from an Algerian family of Turkish origin.
Notes
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Patrick Abada". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- World men's all-time best pole vault
- "Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Mediterranean Games". Olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
1–0–0 1983 Casablanca ATH gold: pole vault
- "Mediterranean Games". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- Racing Club de France Archived 2008-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Afrique-Asie, Issues 178-190: Sports, Société d'Éditions Afrique, Asie, Amérique Latine, 1979, p. 414,
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External links
- https://www.lequipe.fr/Athletisme/AthletismeFicheAthlete1137.html
- Patrick Abada at World Athletics
- Patrick Abada at Olympics.com
- Patrick Abada at Olympedia (archive)
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Preceded by Mike Tully
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Men's Pole Vault Best Year Performance alongside Philippe Houvion 1979 |
Succeeded by Władysław Kozakiewicz
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| Mediterranean Games champions in men's pole vault | |
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- 1954 births
- Living people
- Athletes from Paris
- French male pole vaulters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for France
- World Athletics Championships athletes for France
- Universiade bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- French sportspeople of Algerian descent
- French sportspeople of Turkish descent
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for France
- Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade
- 20th-century French sportsmen
- French athletics biography stubs