Jean-Philippe Jodard
Encyclopedia
Jean-Philippe Jodard is a retired beach volleyball
player from France
, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. He became the first official European champion in men's beach volleyball, when he won the title in 1993 alongside Christian Penigaud
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Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....
player from France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. He became the first official European champion in men's beach volleyball, when he won the title in 1993 alongside Christian Penigaud
Christian Penigaud
Christian Penigaud is a retired beach volleyball player from France, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996...
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Playing partners
- Christian PenigaudChristian PenigaudChristian Penigaud is a retired beach volleyball player from France, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996...
- Ivan Douenel
- Eric Bouvier
- Gregory Znatchkowsky