Jacques Keyser

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

Further reading

• 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.