Ghislaine Barnay

{{short description|French high jumper}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name = Ghislaine Barnay |event = [[High Jump]] |nationality = {{FRA}} |birth_date = {{birth-date and age | 8 October 1945}} |birth_place = [[Fort-de-France]] |height = 1.76m }}

'''Ghislaine Barnay''' (born 8 October 1945 in [[Fort-de-France]], [[Martinique]]) is a former French athlete who specialises in the women's high jump. Barnay competed at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]].

== Biography ==

Ghislaine Barnay won three French National Athletic titles in the High Jump, in 1967, 1968, and 1969. She bettered four times the [[:fr:record de France du saut en hauteur|French High Jump record]], jumping successively 1.73 m, 1.74 m and 1.76 m in 1968, then 1.80 m in 1969.

She participated in the [[Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Olympic Games]] at [[Mexico]], and placed [[Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump|ninth]] in the final with a jump of 1.71m.

She married [[Roger Bambuck]] in 1974.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.martinique.franceantilles.fr/une/mariage-de-champions-214304.php|title=Mariage de champions|website=martinique.franceantilles.fr|date=22 July 2013 |accessdate=7 July 2015}}</ref>

=== Palmarès === *[[:fr:Championnats de France d'athlétisme|French National Outdoor Athletic Championships]] : ** three times winner of the High Jump: [[:fr:Championnats de France d'athlétisme 1967|1967]], [[:fr:Championnats de France d'athlétisme 1968|1968]] and [[:fr:Championnats de France d'athlétisme 1969|1969]].

=== Records === {| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |+'''Records personnels''' |- ! scope=col| Event ! scope=col| Performance ! scope=col| Location ! scope=col| Date |- |High Jump |1.80m | |1969 |}

== References == {{Reflist}} * {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/ghislaine-barnay-1.html |title=Ghislaine Barnay |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303124148/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/ghislaine-barnay-1.html |archive-date=2012-03-03 |url-status=dead}} * {{Citation | title=Docathlé 2003 | pages=42, 116, 174, 389 | year=2003 | publisher=Fédération française d'athlétisme | editor=Fédération Française d'Athlétisme | isbn = 2-9512343-3-3 }}

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