Jacky Carlier is a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 athlete specialising in long-distance track event

Long-distance track event

Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. These types of races are predominantly aerobic in nature and at the highest level, exceptional levels of aerobic endurance is required more than anything else...

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Bronze medallist over 3000m at the 1989 European Athletics Indoor Championships in La Haye

La Haye

In French, La Haye mainly refers to The Hague in the NetherlandsLa Haye may also refer to the following communes in France:*La Haye, Seine-Maritime, in the Seine-Maritime département*La Haye, Vosges, in the Vosges département...

, behind German Dieter Baumann

Dieter Baumann

Dieter Baumann is a former German athlete and winner of 5000 m at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Born in Blaustein, Germany , Dieter Baumann was one of the few non-African athletes who were able to seriously challenge the African dominance of middle-distance running during the 1990s...

 and Spaniard Abel Antón

Abel Antón

Abel Antón Rodrigo is a Spanish long-distance runner. He won gold medals in the marathon at the 1997 and the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. In 1998 Antón became the first Spanish runner to win the London Marathon...

, he got his second podium the following year, in 1990 in Glasgow, beaten in the final by his compatriot Eric Dubus

Eric Dubus

Eric Dubus is a former French middle distance runner, who became European Indoor Champion over 3.000m in 1990, and was the silver medalist over 3.000m at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Dubus finished fourth over 1.500m at the 1994 European Championships in Athletics in...

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He also won four titles at the French Athletics Championships : over 1500m in 1988, and over 3000 m in 1988, 1989 and 1995.

Personal records

• 3000 m : 7 min 52 s 64 (1995)
• 3000 m (indoor) : 7 min 53 s 16 (1989)
• 5000 m : 13 min 25 s 14 (1994)