# Ghislaine Barnay

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French high jumper

Ghislaine Barnay Personal information Nationality France Born 8 October 1945 (1945-10-08) (age 80) Fort-de-France Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Sport Event High Jump

**Ghislaine Barnay** (born 8 October 1945 in [Fort-de-France](/source/Fort-de-France), [Martinique](/source/Martinique)) is a former French athlete who specialises in the women's high jump. Barnay competed at the [1968 Summer Olympics](/source/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 [French High Jump record](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/record_de_France_du_saut_en_hauteur), jumping successively 1.73 m, 1.74 m and 1.76 m in 1968, then 1.80 m in 1969.

She participated in the [1968 Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics) at [Mexico](/source/Mexico), and placed [ninth](/source/Athletics_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_high_jump) in the final with a jump of 1.71m.

She married [Roger Bambuck](/source/Roger_Bambuck) in 1974.[1]

### Palmarès

- [French National Outdoor Athletic Championships](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championnats_de_France_d%27athl%C3%A9tisme) : - three times winner of the High Jump: [1967](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championnats_de_France_d%27athl%C3%A9tisme_1967), [1968](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championnats_de_France_d%27athl%C3%A9tisme_1968) and [1969](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championnats_de_France_d%27athl%C3%A9tisme_1969).

### Records

Records personnels Event Performance Location Date High Jump 1.80m 1969

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Mariage de champions"](http://www.martinique.franceantilles.fr/une/mariage-de-champions-214304.php). *martinique.franceantilles.fr*. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2015.

- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; [Mallon, Bill](/source/Bill_Mallon); et al. ["Ghislaine Barnay"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120303124148/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/ghislaine-barnay-1.html). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. [Sports Reference LLC](/source/Sports_Reference). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/ghislaine-barnay-1.html) on 2012-03-03.

- Fédération Française d'Athlétisme, ed. (2003), *Docathlé 2003*, Fédération française d'athlétisme, pp. 42, 116, 174, 389, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [2-9512343-3-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-9512343-3-3)

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