Jacqueline Curtet

Jacqueline Curtet (born 9 May 1955) is a French former athlete, who specialized in the long jump.

Nationality France

Born9 May 1955 (1955-05-09) (age 71)

Toulouse, France

Event

Long jump

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Jacqueline Curtet

Personal information
Nationality	France
Born	9 May 1955 (1955-05-09) (age 71) Toulouse, France
Sport
Event	Long jump
Medal record Representing  France Summer Universiade 1977 Sofia Long jump 1975 Rome 4x100m relay 1979 Mexico City 4x100m relay

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Curtet took third in the long jump at the 1975 European Cup held in Nice.^[1] In 1977, she won the gold medal at the Summer Universiade at Sofia, Bulgaria, with a jump of 6.38 m.^[2] She was a three-time participant at the European Athletics Indoor Championships, her best finish being fourth in 1978.^[3]

She won three outdoor French national long jump titles and six French national indoor titles. She improved three times the French record in the long jump, establishing successively 6.57 m in 1977 and 6.58 m and 6.62 m in 1978. She also held the French national record in the 4 × 100 m relay.

Her mother Yvonne Curtet was a former French long jump champion and also shared the honour of breaking the French record and representing France at the European Athletics Championships. They were the first mother/daughter combination to have competed in the same event at the European Championships.^[4]

After retiring from the sport she married and took the name Jacky Fréchet.