Jean-Paul Cézard (born January 30, 1953) is a French sports administrator and former sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1970s. He won a bronze medal, alongside Alain Acart, in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mexico City. He was national champion repeatedly.
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Representing  France
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1974 Mexico City | C-2 10000 m |
At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Cézard was eliminated in the semifinal of the C-2 1000 m event.
Then he had a trainer's career with both female and male national teams in sprint canoeing during Eighties. he participated actively in the successful athletes preparation for 84's and 88's Olympics and, in the same period, for the annual World Championships. He also developed a rational approach of training based on specific physical and energetic measures in situ and studies led in the national institute for sport and physical education (INSEP) in Paris. He was also engaged in teaching his method and signed several technical articles.
From 2010 he is assistant director of the Federation for University Sport of France (FFSU) charged with Handi-U, the Federations disability sports initiative.[1]
References edit
- ^ La FFSU présente aux rencontres de la FEDEEH 2012 "Le week-end dernier se sont tenues dans les locaux de l'ESCP-Europe à Paris, les rencontres nationales de la Fédération Etudiante pour une Dynamique Etudes et Emploi avec un Handicap (FEDEEH). A cette occasion, la FFSU était représentée par Jean-Paul Cézard, Directeur National Adjoint chargée entre autres des problématiques sportives liées au handicap et du dispositif Handi U initié l'an passé. Ce dernier est notamment intervenu pour présenter l'action de la FFSU dans ce domaine et diffuser la toute nouvelle affiche Handi U."
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
External links edit
- Jean-Paul Cézard at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Jean-Paul Cézard at Olympics.com
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