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Place of Birth: Saint-Étienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
About Jean Fayolle
- Jean Fayolle (born 10 November 1937) is a French former long-distance runner who competed in track and cross country running.
- Born in Saint-Étienne, he became a member of ASPTT Paris and went on to represent France in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
- He was a four-time French national champion, winning titles in cross country, 3000 metres steeplechase, 5000 m and the 10,000 m in the 1960s.His greatest achievement was a gold medal at the 1965 International Cross Country Championships.
- He led the French team to the silver medals alongside Michel Bernard and Michel Jazy.
- He was the last Frenchman to lift the title and his win marked the first French victory since the 1940s and 1950s wins by Alain Mimoun and Raphaël Pujazon.
- and He competed at the International Cross Country Championships four more times during the 1960s, including a team bronze with Bernard, Salah Beddiaf and Mimoun in 1961 and a team silver alongside Jean Vaillant, Yves Martinage, Mimoun and Lucien Rault in 1964.
- Despite his success in 1965, he did not feature in the top twenty of the race in his other outings.Fayolle also competed at the 1963 Mediterranean Games and was a 5000 m silver medallist behind Mohammed Gammoudi.
- His personal bests on the track were 13.42.2 minutes for the 5000 m and 28.56.2 minutes for the 10,000 m.
- Both those times placed him in the top twenty of the seasonal rankings.
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