Michel Macquet

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Michel Macquet (3 April 1932 – 27 October 2002) was a French javelin thrower and handball player. Track & Field News ranked him the world's best javelin thrower in 1961.

Career

Born in

Macquet first broke 80 metres in 1957,[2] and remained one of the world's top throwers for the next few years, improving his results slowly but steadily.^[1] However, he continued to disappoint in major championships;^[1] although Track & Field News ranked him in the world's top ten in every year from 1956 to 1961 and in the world's top two three times, he never won a medal at either the Olympics or the European Championships.^[1][5] At the 1958 European Championships in Stockholm he placed fourth with a throw of 75.18 m, only eight centimetres behind bronze medalist Gergely Kulcsár of Hungary.^[6] Macquet failed to qualify for the final at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, but was still ranked second in the world that year by Track & Field News.^[4][5] In 1961 Macquet set his personal best, 83.36 m, and was ranked first in the world.^[1][2][5]

After 1961 Macquet was never ranked in the world's top 10 again,^[5] but still competed in his third Olympic Games in 1964, again failing to qualify for the final.^[1][4] He won the national javelin title for a tenth and final time in 1965.^[1]

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