Jean Taris
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Full name | Jean Charles Émile Taris | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 6 July 1909 Versailles, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 10 January 1977 (aged 67) Grasse, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SCUF, Paris CN Paris | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jean Charles Émile Taris (6 July 1909 – 10 January 1977) was a French swimmer who competed at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics.
In 1928, he was eliminated in the heats of the 4×200 m freestyle relay and 1500 m freestyle. In 1932 he won a silver medal in the 400 m freestyle, 0.1 seconds behind Buster Crabbe,[1] and finished sixth in the 1500 m freestyle. In 1936 he placed fourth in the 4×200 m freestyle relay and sixth in the 400 m freestyle.[2]
Taris was the subject of Jean Vigo's short film Jean Taris, Swimming Champion in 1930. He won two European titles in 1934, and finished second in the 400 m freestyle in 1931, 0.2 seconds behind István Bárány. In 1984 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. During his career Taris set 7 world and 49 national records, and won 34 national titles. He won the Seine river 8 km race four times.[1]
See also
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- World record progression 400 metres freestyle
- World record progression 800 metres freestyle
References
- ^ a b "Jean Taris". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jean Taris". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
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- 1926:
Arne Borg (SWE)
- 1927:
Arne Borg (SWE)
- 1931:
István Bárány (HUN)
- 1934:
Jean Taris (FRA)
- 1938:
Björn Borg (SWE)
- 1947:
Alex Jany (FRA)
- 1950:
Alex Jany (FRA)
- 1954:
György Csordás (HUN)
- 1958:
Ian Black (GBR)
- 1962:
Johan Bontekoe (NED)
- 1966:
Frank Wiegand (GDR)
- 1970:
Gunnar Larsson (SWE)
- 1974:
Aleksandr Samsonov (URS)
- 1977:
Sergey Rusin (URS)
- 1981:
Borut Petrič (YUG)
- 1983:
Vladimir Salnikov (URS)
- 1985:
Uwe Dassler (GDR)
- 1987:
Uwe Dassler (GDR)
- 1989:
Artur Wojdat (POL)
- 1991:
Yevgeny Sadovyi (URS)
- 1993:
Antti Kasvio (FIN)
- 1995:
Steffen Zesner (GER)
- 1997:
Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)
- 1999:
Paul Palmer (GBR)
- 2000:
Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)
- 2002:
Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)
- 2004:
Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)
- 2006:
Yury Prilukov (RUS)
- 2008:
Yury Prilukov (RUS)
- 2010:
Yannick Agnel (FRA)
- 2012:
Paul Biedermann (GER)
- 2014:
Velimir Stjepanović (SRB)
- 2016:
Gabriele Detti (ITA)
- 2018:
Mykhailo Romanchuk (UKR)
- 2020:
Martin Malyutin (RUS)
- 2022:
Lukas Märtens (GER)
- 2024:
Felix Auböck (AUT)
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