Philippe Collet

{{Short description|French pole vaulter (born 1963)}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| image = Philippe Collet Capitale Perche 2012.png

| image_size = 160px

| birth_date = 13 December 1963

| birth_place = Nancy, France

| height = 1.77 m

| weight = 76 kg

| sport = Athletics

| event = Pole vault

| club = ASPTT Grenoble

|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}

{{MedalCompetition|Universiade}}

{{MedalSilver| Kobe 1985 |Pole vault}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Indoor Championships}}

{{MedalBronze| Madrid 1986 |Pole vault}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalBronze| Stuttgart 1986 |Pole vault}}

}}

Philippe Collet (born 13 December 1963 in Nancy) is a retired French pole vaulter. He twice competed at the Olympic Games, in 1988 and 1992, reaching the final on both occasions. In addition, he represented Europe at the World Cup three times finishing second in 1985 and 1992 and first in 1989.

His personal bests in the event are 5.85 metres outdoors (Paris 1986) and 5.94 metres indoors (Grenoble 1990).

He now coaches his two sons, Thibaut and Mathieu.

International competitions

{{AchievementTable}}
colspan="5"|Representing {{FRA}}
1983

|Universiade

|Edmonton, Canada

|6th

|5.20 m

rowspan=2|1985

|Universiade

|Kobe, Japan

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|5.70 m

World Cup

|Canberra, Australia

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|5.50 m1

rowspan=2|1986

|European Indoor Championships

|Madrid, Spain

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|5.65 m

European Championships

|Stuttgart, West Germany

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|5.75 m

1987

|European Indoor Championships

|Liévin, France

|4th

|5.75 m

rowspan=2|1988

|European Indoor Championships

|Budapest, Hungary

|5th

|5.60 m

Olympic Games

|Seoul, South Korea

|5th

|5.70 m

1989

|World Cup

|Barcelona, Spain

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|5.75 m1

1990

|European Championships

|Split, Yugoslavia

|4th

|5.70 m

1991

|World Championships

|Tokyo, Japan

| —

|NM

rowspan=3|1992

|European Indoor Championships

|Genoa, Italy

|11th

|5.40 m

Olympic Games

|Barcelona, Spain

|7th

|5.55 m

World Cup

|Havana, Cuba

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|5.40 m1

1994

|European Championships

|Helsinki, Finland

|4th

|5.80 m

1Representing Europe

See also