Jean-Kersley Gardenne Explained

Jean-Kersley Gardenne (born 16 February 1972) is a retired Mauritian pole vaulter.

His personal best jump is 5.50 metres, achieved in June 1996 in Dreux. This is the Mauritian record.^[1] He did however have a better indoor mark with 5.60 metres, achieved in January 1998 in Liévin.^[2]

Achievements

Representing
1990	African Championships	Cairo, Egypt	2nd	4.70 m
	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	17th (q)	4.70 m
1991	Universiade	Sheffield, United Kingdom	18th (q)	5.00 m
	All-Africa Games	Cairo, Egypt	3rd	5.00 m
1992	African Championships	Belle Vue Maurel, Mauritius	2nd	5.30 m
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	24th (q)	5.20 m
1995	All-Africa Games	Harare, Zimbabwe	2nd	5.20 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	–	NM
1997		Paris, France	–	NM
1998	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	2nd	5.20 m
	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	3rd	5.35 m^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://www.athlerecords.net/Records/AFRIQUE/PLEINAIR/RECMAURICE.txt Mauritian athletics records
2. http://www.gbrathletics.com/cm99.htm Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Men)
3. Gardenne originally finished fourth, but was promoted following the disqualification of Denis Petushinskiy.