Christophe Épalle
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Christophe Épalle is a French
hammer throw
er, whose personal best throw is 81.79 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Clermont-Ferrand
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France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
hammer throw
Hammer throw
The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...
er, whose personal best throw is 81.79 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne region, with a population of 140,700 . Its metropolitan area had 409,558 inhabitants at the 1999 census. It is the prefecture of the Puy-de-Dôme department...
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Achievements
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| 1988 | World Junior Championships 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 1988 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada from July 27 to July 31, 1988.... |
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8th | 62.14 m |
| 1992 | Olympic Games Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's hammer throw These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes.-Medalists:-Schedule:-Abbreviations:*All results shown are in metres... |
Barcelona, Spain | 10th | 74.84 m |
| 1993 | World Championships 1993 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Hammer These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 28 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 15, 1993... |
Stuttgart, Germany | 8th | 76.22 m |
| World Student Games 1993 Summer Universiade The 1993 Summer Universiade, also known as the XVII Summer Universiade, took place in Buffalo, New York, United States of America.-Medal table:-External links:*... |
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3rd | 76.80 m | |
| 1994 | European Championships 1994 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Hammer These are the official results of the Men's hammer throw event at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 25 participating athletes.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:*All results shown are in metres-Records:... |
Helsinki, Finland | 7th | 75.22 m |
| 1995 | World Championships 1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 6, 1995... |
Gothenburg, Sweden | 15th | 73.62 m |
| 1996 | Olympic Games Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's hammer throw These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 37 competitors, with twelve athletes reaching the final. The eight highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to... |
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17th | 74.22 m |
| 1997 | Mediterranean Games 1997 Mediterranean Games The 13th edition of the Mediterranean Games were held in Bari, Italy from the 13th to the 25th of June 1997. Twenty one nations competed in 27 different sporting events.- Medal table :- External link and reference :* -See also:***... |
Bari Bari Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples, and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
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| 1998 | European Championships 1998 European Championships in Athletics The 17th European Athletics Championships were held from 18 August to 23 August 1998 in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary.-Track:1990 |1994 |1998 |2002 |2006 |-Field:1990 |1994 |1998 |2002 |2006 |-Track:1990 |1994 |1998 |2002 |2006 |-Field:... |
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12th | 74.00 m |
| 2000 | Olympic Games Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's hammer throw The Men's Hammer Throw at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday, September 23 and Sunday, September 24.... |
Sydney, Australia | 23rd | 74.22 m |
| 2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 21st | 76.27 m |
| 2003 | World Championships 2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday 25 August 2003.-Medalists:-Schedule:... |
Paris, France | 23rd | 72.82 m |
| 2005 | Jeux de la Francophonie Jeux de la Francophonie The Jeux de la Francophonie are a combination of artistic and sporting events for the Francophonie, mostly French speaking nations, held every four years since 1989, partly as a counterweight to the Commonwealth Games.-Editions:-Sports:There were four sports... |
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| 2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 20th | 69.12 m |
| World Cup 2006 IAAF World Cup The 10th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event, held under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, which took place on 16 and 17 September 2006 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece.... |
Athens, Greece | 9th | 71.43 m | |