Jacques Flouret (8 September 1907 – 4 October 1973) was a multi-talented French athlete.

Jacques Flouret
Flouret in 1927
Personal information
Born8 September 1907
Saint-Maur, France
Died4 October 1973 (aged 66)[1]
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics, basketball
Event(s)Long jump, pentathlon, javelin throw
ClubParis UC
Achievements and titles
Personal bestLJ – 7.05 m (1927)[2]
Medal record
Representing  France
Athletics
Student World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1927 Rome Javelin throw
Silver medal – second place 1927 Rome Pentathlon
Bronze medal – third place 1928 Paris Pentathlon
Basketball
EuroBasket
Bronze medal – third place 1937 Riga Team

Track and field career

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Flouret won three medals in the pentathlon and javelin throw, at the Student World Championships of 1927 and 1928. He finished 28th in the long jump at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Basketball career

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Between 1930 and 1938, Flouret played in 25 international games as a shooting guard, for the senior French national basketball team, and scored 48 points. Those 25 games included the opening match of France-Estonia, at the 1936 Summer Olympics,[2] and the EuroBasket 1937 tournament, where France won the bronze medal.[3] He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2010.

Post-athletic career

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After retiring from sports in 1938, Flouret had a long career as a sports official in France.

References

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  1. ^ Jacques Flouret. athle.com
  2. ^ a b Jacques Flouret Archived 10 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  3. ^ Jacques Flouret. internationaux-basket.fr