- Christian Plaziat
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Medal record Competitor for 
FranceMen's athletics Gold 1995 Barcelona Heptathlon European Championships Gold 1990 Split Decathlon European Indoor Championships Gold 1992 Genoa Heptathlon Gold 1994 Paris Heptathlon Christian Plaziat (born 28 October 1963 in Lyon) is a retired French decathlete. During his career he won the European Championships, the European Indoor Championships and the World Indoor Championships.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing France1986 European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany 7th Decathlon Décastar Talence, France 1st Decathlon 1987 World Championships Rome, Italy 4th Decathlon 1988 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria 4th Decathlon Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 5th Decathlon Décastar Talence, France 1st Decathlon 1989 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria 1st Decathlon Décastar Talence, France 1st Decathlon 1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 1st Decathlon Décastar Talence, France 1st Decathlon 1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 9th Decathlon Décastar Talence, France 1st Decathlon 1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 1st Heptathlon 1993 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria 8th Decathlon World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 6th Decathlon 1994 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 1st Heptathlon European Championships Helsinki, Finland 4th Decathlon 1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 1st Heptathlon Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria 6th Decathlon World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 6th Decathlon 1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 5th Heptathlon See also
External links
- IAAF profile for Christian Plaziat
World indoor champions in men's heptathlon 1993: Dan O'Brien (USA) • 1995: Christian Plaziat (FRA) • 1997: Robert Změlík (CZE) • 1999: Sebastian Chmara (POL) • 2001: Roman Šebrle (CZE) • 2003: Tom Pappas (USA) • 2004: Roman Šebrle (CZE) • 2006: André Niklaus (GER) • 2008: Bryan Clay (USA) • 2010: Bryan Clay (USA)
European champions in men's decathlon 1934: Hans-Heinrich Sievert (GER) • 1938: Olle Bexell (SWE) • 1946: Godtfred Holmvang (NOR) • 1950: Ignace Heinrich (FRA) • 1954: Vasili Kuznetsov (URS) • 1958: Vasili Kuznetsov (URS) • 1962: Vasili Kuznetsov (URS) • 1966: Werner von Moltke (FRG) • 1969: Joachim Kirst (GDR) • 1971: Joachim Kirst (GDR) • 1974: Ryszard Skowronek (POL) • 1978: Aleksandr Grebenyuk (URS) • 1982: Daley Thompson (GBR) • 1986: Daley Thompson (GBR) • 1990: Christian Plaziat (FRA) • 1994: Alain Blondel (FRA) • 1998: Erki Nool (EST) • 2002: Roman Šebrle (CZE) • 2006: Roman Šebrle (CZE) • 2010: Romain Barras (FRA)
European indoor champions in men's heptathlon 1992: Christian Plaziat (FRA) • 1994: Christian Plaziat (FRA) • 1996: Erki Nool (EST) • 1998: Sebastian Chmara (POL) • 2000: Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) • 2002: Roman Šebrle (CZE) • 2005: Roman Šebrle (CZE) • 2007: Roman Šebrle (CZE) • 2009: Mikk Pahapill (EST) • 2011: Andrei Krauchanka (BLR)
World best year performance in men's decathlon 1970: Rüdiger Demmig (GDR) • 1971: Kurt Bendlin (FRG) • 1972: Mykola Avilov (URS) • 1973: Lennart Hedmark (SWE) • 1974: Ryszard Skowronek (POL) • 1975 – 1976: Bruce Jenner (USA) • 1977: Aleksandr Grebenyuk (URS) • 1978 – 1980: Guido Kratschmer (FRG) • 1981: Rainer Pottel (GDR) • 1982: Daley Thompson (GBR) • 1983: Jürgen Hingsen (FRG) • 1984: Daley Thompson (GBR) • 1985: Torsten Voss (GDR) • 1986: Daley Thompson (GBR) • 1987: Torsten Voss (GDR) • 1988: Christian Plaziat (FRA) • 1989: Dave Johnson (USA) • 1990: Christian Plaziat (FRA) • 1991 – 1993: Dan O'Brien (USA) • 1994: Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR) • 1995 – 1996: Dan O'Brien (USA) • 1997: Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) • 1998: Dan O'Brien (USA) • 1999 – 2000: Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) • 2001 – 2004: Roman Šebrle (CZE) • 2005 – 2006: Bryan Clay (USA) • 2007: Roman Šebrle (CZE) • 2008: Bryan Clay (USA) • 2009: Trey Hardee (USA) • 2010: Bryan Clay (USA)
Records Preceded by
Siegfried WentzMen's heptathlon world record holder
February 15, 1986 – March 14, 1993Succeeded by
Dan O'BrienCategories:- 1963 births
- Living people
- French decathletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of France
- People from Lyon
- French athletics biography stubs
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