Jacques Keyser

French athlete (1885–1954)

Jacques Keyser

Jacques Keyser in 1914

Personal information
Born| 12 October 1885
Paris, France
Died| 21 March 1954 (aged 68)
Paris, France
Height| 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight| 57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport| Athletics
Event| 1500–10,000 m
Club| Pro Patria, Rotterdam;
Metropolitan Club, Paris
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)| 1500 m – 4:04.8 (1913)
5000 m – 15:26.1 (1913)
10000 m – 33:08.4 (1908)[1][2]

Medal record

Representing  France
International Cross Country Championships
| 1913 Juvisy-sur-Orge | Team
| 1913 Juvisy-sur-Orge | Individual

Jacques Keyser (12 October 1885 – 21 March 1954) was a middle-distance runner. Born in Paris, he was the son of a Dutch father and Belgian mother, and could compete for both France and the Netherlands.[3] Keyser took part in the International Cross Country Championships in 1907 and 1911–1913 and won individual and team medals in 1913; his teams placed fourth in other three championships. He competed for the Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the finals of the 1500 m and 5 mile races. Between 1910 and 1912 he broke the Dutch national records on the 1500 m (4.11,8), the mile (4.31,4), and the 5000 m (16.10,2), each remaining a record for over a decade.[4][5]

## References

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1. ^ Jacques Keyser Archived 3 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
2. ^ Jacques Keyser. trackfield.brinkster.net
3. ^ Sportnieuws. "De avondpost". 's-Gravenhage, 15-06-1908, p. 6. Geraadpleegd op Delpher op 05-08-2022, https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB27:017831163:mpeg21:p00006
4. ^ Nederlandse records Archived 22 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine, page 201
5. ^ "Jacques Keyser". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 March 2021.

## Further reading

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* Dutch Olympic Committee
* Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
* De Wael, Herman (2001). "Athletics 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Archived from the original on 27 September 2006. Retrieved 30 July 2006.
* Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2006.

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* Germany
* France
* BnF data

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