Alex Jany
 Jany (left) with Geertje Wielema at a French-Dutch swimming meet in 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 5 January 1929 Toulouse, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 July 2001 (aged 72) Marseilles, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 107 kg (236 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dauphins du TOEC, Toulouse CRS Marseille | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexandre "Alex" Jany (5 January 1929 – 18 July 2001) was a French freestyle swimmer and water polo player. As a swimmer, he competed in 100–400 m events at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics, alongside his sister Ginette Jany-Sendral, and he won bronze medals in the 4 × 200 m relay in 1948 and 1952. In 1948 he placed fifth-sixth in the individual 100 m and 400 m events; he won those events at the 1947 and 1950 European championships, setting world records in both in 1947. At the 1960 Olympics he competed only in water polo and placed ninth.[1] In 1977 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[2]
He won the 1946 ASA British 'Open' National Championship 100 metres freestyle title.[3]
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alex Jany.
- ^ Alex Jany. sports-reference.com
- ^ ALEX JANY (FRA) 1977 Honor Swimmer. International Swimming Hall of Fame
- ^ ""Amateur Swimming Championships." Times, 19 Aug. 1946, p. 8". Times Digital Archive.
External links
- Alex Jany at World Aquatics
- Alex Jany at SwimRankings.net
- Alex Jany at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Alex Jany at Olympics.com
- Alex Jany at Olympedia
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Categories:
- 1929 births
- 2001 deaths
- Sportspeople from Toulouse
- French male swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of France
- Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for France
- World record setters in swimming
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- French male freestyle swimmers
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
- Swimmers at the 1951 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
- Olympic water polo players of France
- Water polo players at the 1960 Summer Olympics