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{{Short description|English long jump athlete}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Fred Salle
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| nationality = British/Cameroonian
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|09|10|df=yes}}
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| sport = [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]
| event = Long jump
| height = 188 cm
| weight = 84 kg
| club = [[Belgrave Harriers]]
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games|1986 Edinburgh]] | Long jump }}
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'''Frédéric Ebong-Salle''',<ref name=sref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/eb/frederic-ebong-salle-1.html |title=Frédéric Ebong-Salle |publisher=Sports-Reference.com |access-date=20 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020080948/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/eb/frederic-ebong-salle-1.html |archive-date=20 October 2012 }}</ref> better known as '''Fred Salle''' (born 10 September 1964) is a male retired athlete who specialised in the [[long jump]]. He competed at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/66615 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=14 June 2025}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Salle finished second behind [[Mike Conley Sr.|Mike Conley]] at the [[1983 AAA Championships]] but by virtue of being the highest placed British athlete was considered the [[List of British champions in long jump|British long jump champion]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=14 June 2025}}</ref> He won the title outright the following year at the [[1984 AAA Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=14 June 2025}}</ref>

Salle won the silver medal at the [[Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games|1986 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland, representing [[England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games|England]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1986/athletes|title=1986 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3041/19/all|title=England team in 1986|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=6 October 2019|archive-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419153600/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3041/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Starting in the 1986–87 indoor season, Salle opted to represent Cameroon (the birthplace of his father).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004924/19940910/046/0046 |title=Golden girl Sally gives Brits a flyer |work=Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition) |date=10 September 1994 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=14 June 2025}}</ref><ref name=recs>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/uk/me99.htm|title=UK All-Time Lists: Men – Jumps|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|access-date=20 March 2009}}</ref> He competed in a high jump meeting in December 1986, jumping a personal best of {{height|ft=7}}. His best jump while representing England had been 2.13 metres, achieved in May 1985 in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].<ref name=recs/> Salle competed internationally for his new country, starting at the [[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's long jump|1987 World Championships]], though he did not reach the final round.<ref name=bio>{{World Athletics}}. Retrieved on 20 March 2009.</ref> At the 1987 Central African Games, he won the gold medals in both long and high jump,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cafg.htm|title=Central African Games and Championships|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|access-date=20 March 2009}}</ref> and at the [[1988 African Championships in Athletics|1988 African Championships]], he won the silver medal in the long jump—behind [[Yusuf Alli]]—and the bronze medal in the high jump.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/afc.htm|title=African Championships|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|access-date=20 March 2009}}</ref> He then competed at the [[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's long jump|1988 Olympic Games]], but 7.65 metres in the qualifying round was not enough to reach the final.<ref name=sref/> At the [[1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump|1989 World Indoor Championships]] he only managed 7.31 metres, ending in last place of the qualifying round.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/world/1989/m89_22.html|title=1989 World Indoor Championships, men's long jump qualification|publisher=Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite|access-date=20 March 2009}}</ref> At the [[1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1991 World Indoor Championships]], he ended third to last with 7.11 metres.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/world/1991/m91_23.html|title=1991 World Indoor Championships, men's long jump qualification|publisher=Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite|access-date=20 March 2009}}</ref> He won a silver medal as a guest competitor at the AAA Indoor Championships of 1990.<ref name=aaai>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaai.htm|title=AAA Indoor Championships (Men)|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|access-date=20 March 2009}}</ref>

By 1992 he had returned to representing Great Britain in competitions.<ref name=uk>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/uk.htm|title=UK Championships|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|access-date=20 March 2009}}</ref> He competed at the World Championships in [[1993 World Championships in Athletics - Men's long jump|1993]] and [[1995 World Championships in Athletics - Men's long jump|1995]] as well as the [[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1995 World Indoor Championships]] without reaching the final.<ref name=bio/> However, he won the [[1994 IAAF World Cup]] competition in London with a jump of 8.10 metres (his personal best).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bm/wp.htm|title=British Placings in IAAF World Cup in Athletics|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|access-date=20 March 2009}}</ref> This was Salle's personal best jump. He did have one [[wind assistance|wind-assisted]] 8.10 result in the same year, achieved in July in [[Gateshead]].<ref name=recs/> He represented [[England at the 1994 Commonwealth Games|England]], at the [[1994 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/victoria-1994/athletes|title=1994 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|title=England team in 1994|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=6 October 2019|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507165937/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39058|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>

In domestic competitions, in addition to his 1983 and 1985 AAA successes, he won a bronze medal in 1992 and a silver in 1993 at the [[UK Athletics Championships]]<ref name=uk/> and at the AAA Championships, he won further gold medals in 1993 and 1995 and a silver in 1994.<ref name=aaa>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm|title=AAA Championships (Men)|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|access-date=20 March 2009}}</ref>

After retiring from competitive competition, Salle working at many different ICT firms, and then turned to teaching. He is currently employed at Oriel High School, Crawley.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

== References ==
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[[Category:1964 births]]
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[[Category:English male long jumpers]]
[[Category:British male long jumpers]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England]]
[[Category:Cameroonian male long jumpers]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Cameroon]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Cameroon]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics]]

Fred Salle - Revision history

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