Alain Andji

{{Short description|French pole vaulter (born 1974)}}

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Alain Andji (born 20 November 1974 in Treichville, Ivory Coast) is a French pole vaulter. He changed nationality from his birth country Ivory Coast.

Andji finished eighth at the 1996 European Indoor Championships,[http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1996/m96_22.html 1996 European Indoor Championships, men's pole vault final] ninth at the 1996 Olympic Games, eleventh at the 1997 World Indoor Championships and first at the 1997 Mediterranean Games.[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/mg.htm Mediterranean Games] - GBR Athletics

Before switching to France he set an Ivory Coast national record of 5.10 metres in June 1992 in Yerres.[http://www.athlerecords.net/Records/AFRIQUE/PLEINAIR/RECCIV.txt Côte d'Ivoire athletics records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608102543/http://www.athlerecords.net/Records/AFRIQUE/PLEINAIR/RECCIV.txt |date=2007-06-08 }} His career best jump was 5.85 metres, achieved in May 1997 in Bonneuil-sur-Marne.

Competition record

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1994

|Jeux de la Francophonie

|Paris, France

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|5.30 m

1995

|World Indoor Championships

|Barcelona, Spain

|20th (q)

|5.30 m

rowspan=2|1996

|European Indoor Championships

|Stockholm, Sweden

|8th

|5.45 m

Olympic Games

|Atlanta, United States

|9th

|5.70 m

rowspan=3|1997

|World Indoor Championships

|Paris, France

|11th

|5.40 m

Mediterranean Games

|Bari, Italy

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|5.70 m

World Championships

|Athens, Greece

|17th (q)

|5.60 m

See also

References

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