Mahamat Idriss (ne ''Koundja Ouya'', 17 July 1942 – 3 October 1987) was a

Chad Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north, Sudan to Chad–Sudan border, the east, the Central Afric ...

ian

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er. He was born in

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Career

Before the Chadian independency on 11 August 1960 he competed for

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, winning the French national championships in 1960 and 1961. He also finished twelfth at the 1960 Olympic Games while representing France. For Chad he finished ninth at the 1964 Olympic Games. It is still Chad's best position ever at the Olympic Games. On the

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annual world rankings Idriss placed ninth in 1961, tenth in 1964 and eighth in 1966.15-mHJ Rank
His personal best jump was 2.17 metres, achieved in April 1966 in

. This is still the Chadian record, although it has been equalled by Paul Ngadjadoum and Mathias Ngadjadoum in 1993 and 1996 respectively.

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1942 births 1987 deaths French male high jumpers Chadian male high jumpers French people of Chadian descent Olympic athletes for France Olympic athletes for Chad Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from N'Djamena People of French Equatorial Africa Black French sportspeople French Athletics Championships winners 20th-century French sportsmen {{Chad-athletics-bio-stub