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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|French swimmer (1929–2001)}}<br />
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{{Infobox swimmer<br />
| name = Alex Jany<br />
| image = Alex Jany.jpg<br />
| caption = Alex Jany at the [[1947 European Swimming Championships]] in Monaco<br />
| full_name = Alexandre Charles Sixte Jany<br />
| nicknames = <br />
| nationality = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date text|5 January 1929}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Toulouse]], France<br />
| death_date = {{Death-date and age|18 July 2001|5 January 1929}}<br />
| death_place = [[Marseilles]], France <br />
| height = 187 cm<br />
| weight = 107 kg<br />
| strokes = Freestyle<br />
| club = Dauphins du TOEC, Toulouse <br>CRS Marseille<br />
| collegeteam = <br />
| show-medals = yes<br />
| medaltemplates=<br />
{{MedalSport | Men's [[swimming (sport)|swimming]] }}<br />
{{MedalCountry | {{FRA}} }}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze | [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London]] | [[Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze | [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki]] | [[Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition | [[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships]] }}<br />
{{MedalGold| [[1947 European Aquatics Championships|1947 Monte Carlo]] | 100 m freestyle}}<br />
{{MedalGold| [[1947 European Aquatics Championships|1947 Monte Carlo]] | 400 m freestyle}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[1947 European Aquatics Championships|1947 Monte Carlo]] | 4×200 m freestyle}}<br />
{{MedalGold| [[1950 European Aquatics Championships|1950 Vienna]] | 100 m freestyle}}<br />
{{MedalGold| [[1950 European Aquatics Championships|1950 Vienna]] | 400 m freestyle}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[1950 European Aquatics Championships|1950 Vienna]] | 4×200 m freestyle}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold | [[1951 Mediterranean Games|1951 Alexandria]] | 100 m freestyle}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Alexandre Charles Sixte Jany'''<ref name=olympedia /> (5 January 1929 – 18 July 2001) was a French freestyle swimmer and [[water polo]] player. As a swimmer, he competed in 100–400 m events at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics, alongside his sister [[Ginette Jany-Sendral]], and he won bronze medals in the 4 × 200 m relay in 1948 and 1952. In 1948 he placed fifth-sixth in the individual 100 m and 400 m events; he won those events at the 1947 and 1950 European championships, setting world records in both in 1947. At the 1960 Olympics he competed only in water polo and placed ninth.<ref name=sr/> In 1977 he was inducted into the [[International Swimming Hall of Fame]].<ref name=ishof/><br />
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He won the 1946 ASA British 'Open' [[British Swimming Championships - 100 metres freestyle winners|National Championship 100 metres freestyle]] title.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS135611155/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=5fcbf21e |title="Amateur Swimming Championships." Times, 19 Aug. 1946, p. 8 |work=Times Digital Archive |date=19 August 1946 |page=8 |quote=100 YARDS MEN'S FREE STYLE CHAMPIONSHIP.-A. Jany (Dauphins du T.O.E.C.). 52sec. (British record) |access-date=9 March 2022 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309033508/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GDCS&u=oxfshlib&id=GALE{{!}}CS135611155&v=2.1&it=r&sid=GDCS&asid=5fcbf21e |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist|refs=<br />
<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170225/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/alex-jany-1.html |title=Alex Jany |archive-date=2020-04-17 |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/alex-jany-1.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
<ref name=ishof>{{cite web |url=http://www.ishof.org/alex-jany--%28fra%29.html |title=ALEX JANY (FRA) 1977 Honor Swimmer |website=ISHOF.org |publisher=[[International Swimming Hall of Fame]] |access-date=18 March 2016 |archive-date=14 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314164629/http://www.ishof.org/alex-jany--(fra).html |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
<ref name=olympedia>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/46862 |title=Alex Jany |work=[[Olympedia]] |access-date=2022-03-08 |quote=Full name: Alexandre Charles Sixte “Alex” Jany |archive-date=11 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111175649/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/46862 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1929 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Swimmers from Toulouse]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for France]]<br />
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[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for France]]<br />
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[[Category:French male freestyle swimmers]]<br />
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[[Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France]]<br />
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1951 Mediterranean Games]]<br />
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