About Jean Raynal
Lived 1929 – 2015 (aged 85). Jean Raynal was a French sports journalist.
Jean Raynal (18 August 1929 He studied at the Centre de formation des journalistes in Paris. In 1968, Raynal became a television presenter on Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française, From 1975 to 1988, Raynal worked for TF1. Aside from football, Raynal covered basketball in the 1970s and 1980s. Raynal also covered 26 French Open tennis championships, Fellow sports journalist Didier Roustan said that Raynal was his inspiration.
Works Raynal, Jean, Le volley-ball (Volleyball), 1977 Raynal, Jean, La Fabuleuse histoire du basket (The fabulous history of basketball), 1980
Death Raynal died in 2015 at the age of 85.
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Who was Jean Raynal?
French sports journalist (1929-2015)
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Jean Raynal was born on 18 August 1929 in Massiac.
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Jean Raynal died on 4 January 2015 in Mandres-les-Roses.
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Jean Raynal was a sports journalist.
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Jean Raynal was French.
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