Jacques Keyser

Jacques Keyser

File:Jacques Keyser 1914.jpg 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)
Medal record Representing France International Cross Country Championships Silver medal – second place 1913 Juvisy-sur-Orge Team Bronze medal – third place 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. 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.

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 polski). Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2006.