Jacqueline Curtet

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Jacqueline Curtet (born 9 May 1955 in Toulouse) is a former French athlete who specialized in the long jump. She finished third at the 1975 European Cup in Nice. In 1977, she won gold at the Summer Universiade in Sofia with a jump of 6.38 meters. She competed three times at the European Athletics Indoor Championships, with her best result a fourth place in 1978. She won three outdoor French national titles in the long jump and six indoor national titles. Curtet set French records in the long jump three times: 6.57 m in 1977, 6.58 m in 1978, and 6.62 m in 1978. She also held the French national record in the 4×100 m relay. Her mother, Yvonne Curtet, was a former French long jump champion and record holder, and they were the first mother-daughter duo to compete in the same event at the European Championships. After retiring, she married and became Jacky Fréchet.