Patrick Abada

Patrick Abada (born 20 March 1954 in Paris) is a retired French pole vaulter and Olympian, having competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. His best vault was one of 5.70 m, made on 26 August 1983, in Brussels. As of August 2001, that mark was the 126th best pole vault of all time.[1] He represented France in pole vaulting 25 times between 1973 and 1985.

International competitions
Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  France
1973 European Indoor Championships Rotterdam, Netherlands 6th 5.20 m
European Junior Championships Duisburg, West Germany – NM
1974 European Championships Rome, Italy 9th 5.10 m
1976 Olympic Games Montreal, Canada 4th 5.45 m
1978 European Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia 9th 5.30 m
1979 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria – NM
World Cup Montreal, Canada 2nd 5.45 m1
Universiade Mexico City, Mexico 3rd 5.55 m
1980 European Indoor Championships Sindelfingen, West Germany 3rd 5.55 m
1983 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd 5.55 m
Mediterranean Games Casablanca, Morocco 1st 5.55 m
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 6th 5.55 m
1985 World Indoor Games Paris, France 4th 5.50 m

1Representing Europe

Physical characteristics
  • Height: 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
  • Weight: 80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)

Current work

He is currently president of the athletics section of the Racing Club de France .[2]

Personal life

Abada is from an Algerian family of Turkish origin.[3]

Trivia
  • In a TV show called “The Superstars: The Superstars” filmed on 2 August 1980, he competed for the Ferguson Trophy. It was filmed in the Wingate Sports Institute, Netanya, Israel, and the competitors were: Brian Jacks, Judo champion and winner of that year's UK Superstars; Ties Kruize, 1977 and joint 1978 European Superstars champion, from the Netherlands; Kjell Isaksson, Swedish pole vaulter, and winner of the first two European series; Moshe Ganzi, Israeli water-ski champion; Tony Ward, Rugby Union's player of the year, from Ireland; Joop Zoetemelk, Dutch champion cyclist; and Kork Ballington, 250 and 350cc motor cycling world champion.

Notes
  1. World men's all-time best pole vault
  2. Racing Club de France Archived 2008-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Afrique-Asie, Issues 178-190: Sports, Société d'Éditions Afrique, Asie, Amérique Latine, 1979, p. 414, Les Jeux méditerranéens vont s'ouvrir à Alger, quand on apprend que le perchiste français Patrick Abada a émis le souhait de ... La vérité est pourtant toute simple : Abada est d'une vieille famille algéroise (d'origine turque) dont de ....
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Mike Tully		 Men's Pole Vault Best Year Performance
alongside Philippe Houvion
1979		 Succeeded by
Władysław Kozakiewicz




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