Philippe Collet Explained

Birth Date:13 December 1963
Birth Place:Nancy, France
Height:1.77 m
Weight:76 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:Pole vault
Club:ASPTT Grenoble

Philippe Collet (born 13 December 1963 in Nancy) is a retired French pole vaulter. He twice competed at the Olympic Games, in 1988 and 1992, reaching the final on both occasions. In addition, he represented Europe at the World Cup three times finishing second in 1985 and 1992 and first in 1989.

His personal bests in the event are 5.85 metres outdoors (Paris 1986) and 5.94 metres indoors (Grenoble 1990).

He now coaches his two sons, Thibaut and Mathieu.

International competitions

Representing
1983Edmonton, Canada6th5.20 m
1985Kobe, Japan2nd5.70 m
Canberra, Australia2nd5.50 m1
1986Madrid, Spain3rd5.65 m
Stuttgart, West Germany3rd5.75 m
1987Liévin, France4th5.75 m
1988European Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary5th5.60 m
Seoul, South Korea5th5.70 m
1989Barcelona, Spain1st5.75 m1
1990Split, Yugoslavia4th5.70 m
1991Tokyo, JapanNM
1992European Indoor ChampionshipsGenoa, Italy11th5.40 m
Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain7th5.55 m
World CupHavana, Cuba2nd5.40 m1
1994European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland4th5.80 m
1Representing Europe

See also