Jean-Marc Pontvianne wins the bronze medal in the triple jump

Second podium for France. Triple jumper Jean-Marc Pontvianne won his first international medal by finishing third in the European Championships competition in Munich on Wednesday August 17.

With a single jump measured at 16.94 m, Pontvianne was overtaken by the Portuguese Pedro Pichardo (17.50 m) and the Italian Andrea Dallavalle (17.04 m). The day before, Jules Pommery had won the first French medal in the long jump.

Originally from Nîmes, 28-year-old Jean-Marc Pontvianne finished eighth in the world championships in Eugene (United States) last month. He had already reached the world final in 2017, in London.

The Frenchman is trained by Sébastien Bouschet, but also, for a short time, by former world champion Teddy Tamgho, who coached him from the stands on Wednesday.

After Serge Hélan in 1994 (2^e), Tamgho in 2010 (3^e), Benjamin Compaoré and Yoann Rapinier (1^er and 3^e in 2014), Pontvianne is the fifth tricolor to medal in the triple jump in continental competition.

The World with AFP